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SULAIMANI — The Spokesperson for the
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General, Yehia Rasool, said on
Saturday (January 22) security forces have taken measures to secure the Iraq-Syria
border after a major incident at a prison housing Islamic State (ISIS)
militants occurred in Hasaka, state media reported.
Rasool told Iraqi News Agency (INA) the
country’s borders are secure "with thermal cameras and barbed wire” and a
trench.
"The remnants of ISIS do not have the ability
to confront the Iraqi forces and the fleeing terrorists do not pose a challenge
to the security forces,” Rasool said.
West Nineveh Operations Command said on
Friday militants from Syrian prisons would not be able to cross the border,
according to INA.
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Internal
Security Forces (ISF) continued to battle ISIS militants on Saturday in the
vicinity of al-Sinaa prison in Hasaka, where sleeper cells staged a massive
prison break attempt.
The SDF media center said on Friday its
forces managed to capture 89 inmates who had escaped from the prison.
Al-Sinaa prison is said to house
thousands of ISIS members in a converted school.
The Iraqi army said on January 14 a 3-m
deep trench had been completed on the Iraq-Syria border, secured with drones
and thermal cameras.
(NRT Digital Media)