Iraq army says country’s border with Syria 'fully secured'

A picture taken during a tour organised by Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) shows members of a joint Hashed and Iraqi army force standing guard at the Iraqi-Syrian border on December 5, 2024 [ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images]

The Iraqi army said, Thursday, that the country’s border with Syria is “fully secured” following the ouster of the Bashar Al-Assad regime, Anadolu Agency reports.

Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir Yarallah, said the Iraqi border with Syria is “fully secured,” the state news agency, INA, reported.

He added that the border area has been “reinforced by a defensive line from the army and the pro-government Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd Al-Shaabi.

The top military official said no friction had been reported between the Iraqi troops and forces on the Syrian side of the border.

Anti-regime forces seized the capital, Damascus, on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and 53 years of his family rule.

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