{"id":132330,"date":"2025-11-20T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=132330"},"modified":"2025-11-20T08:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:18:02","slug":"iraq-expands-concrete-wall-along-syrian-border-amid-security-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/132330\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq expands concrete wall along Syrian border amid security fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Iraq has accelerated construction of a concrete security wall along its northwestern border with Syria, a stretch that also marks the frontier with the Kurdistan Region, an Iraqi Border Guard commander said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes as Baghdad seeks to seal the entirety of the 618-kilometer border following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime in December 2024 and rising fears of militant infiltration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brig. Gen. Haider al-Karkhi, media director for Iraq\u2019s Border Guard Command, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudaw.net\/english\/middleeast\/iraq\/191120252\">told Rudaw<\/a> that the project is being carried out in coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are continuing to erect a wall from the Rabia border to Peshkhabur,\u201d he said, adding that Baghdad\u2019s objective is \u201cto control the entire border of the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraq began building the three-meter-high concrete barrier two years ago. The system includes prefabricated walls, deep trenches, watchtowers, and fortified monitoring points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Karkhi, roughly 350 kilometers have been completed so far, stretching from Rabia in Nineveh Governorate southward toward al-Qaim in western Anbar. Baghdad has stated it intends to wall off the entire frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 40-kilometer section running between Peshkhabur in Duhok Governorate and Rabia is the main segment now under expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraqi authorities have also closed key crossings with Syria and activated a new border surveillance center in Baghdad, where 975 thermal cameras and monitoring drones feed live data to security personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of September, Iraqi officials said 99 percent of the border is under camera surveillance, with drones carrying out daily reconnaissance flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdad says the stepped-up measures aim to prevent ISIS militants and sleeper cells from exploiting instability in Syria following Assad\u2019s fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraqi forces are also targeting cross-border drug trafficking networks, including Captagon smuggling, which has surged across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraq additionally borders Turkey and Iran, making the Syrian frontier one of several high-risk areas requiring continuous monitoring, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Iraq has accelerated construction of a concrete security wall along its northwestern border with Syria, a stretch that also marks the frontier with the Kurdistan Region, an Iraqi Border Guard commander said on Wednesday. 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