Al-Fayad discusses with Al-Assad controlling the borders and pursuing extremist organizations

Baghdad - INA 

The head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Faleh Al-Fayyad, discussed with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, today, Monday, controlling the borders and pursuing extremist organizations.

The General Information Directorate of the Popular Mobilization Forces said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Faleh al-Fayyad, met today with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.”

The statement added, "The two sides discussed enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the areas of combating terrorism and effective coordination to control borders and pursue extremist organizations and their remnants that seek to target the security of Syria and Iraq."

According to the statement, al-Assad stressed that “terrorism, which adopts the method of killing and bloodshed, is the same everywhere in the world,” noting that “the supporters of terrorism in Syria and Iraq are the same as its supporters in other places, no matter how many names these terrorist organizations have.”

The Syrian President noted, "The steadfastness and strength of the Syrian and Iraqi armies were the basis for achieving successive victories against terrorists and their supporters."