An Iraqi M109 Paladin is staged to provide fire support into the Middle Euphrates River Valley Dec. 2, 2018. Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Mikki L. Sprenkle
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SULAIMANI — The Iraqi army said on
Friday (January 14) a 3m-deep trench has been completed along the Iraq-Syria
border, government media reported.
The Commander of the 20th Division of the Iraqi Army, Brigadier Gen. Atheer Hamza Jassim, said thermal
cameras and drones would help to secure the border, while border guards and the
military will monitor the frontier for a distance of 10 to 12km per
international agreement, according to Iraqi News Agency (INA).
The drones will operate 24 hours a day
to secure the border and aircraft on the border strip and provide intelligence
for "preemptive operations,” the commander said, cited by INA.
He
explained a secure environment was required for investment in order to
reconstruct Sinjar and provide services.
He
also noted new plans have been developed to provide security to the disputed
areas between the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Region, to "thwart
any attempt to target Erbil province or Syria.”
Disputed
areas in the Diyala and Kirkuk governorates have seen repeated attacks against
the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces from Islamic State (ISIS) militants since
the fall of the militant group’s hold on territory in Iraq in 2017.
(NRT
Digital Media)