Armed Forces: Iraq's borders with Syria are secure... and fleeing terrorists do not pose a threat

[size=52]Armed Forces: Iraq's borders with Syria are secure... and fleeing terrorists do not pose a threat[/size]

[size=45]As the battles raged on the western borders, the spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, assured yesterday, Saturday, that the Iraqi-Syrian borders are fully secured, after a number of ISIS members escaped from Ghweran prison in Syria.[/size]
[size=45]Rasoul said in a statement followed by (Al-Mada) that "there are directives issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces that included doubling the security effort on the Iraqi-Syrian border, after the events that took place in the Syrian prison of Hasaka."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "The security forces are ready to confront any attempt by ISIS remnants to infiltrate Iraqi territory," stressing that "the borders are secured with thermal cameras and barbed wire, in addition to the presence of a trench."[/size]
[size=45]Rasool indicated that "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 services."[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, the West Nineveh Operations Command confirmed that terrorists escaping from Syrian prisons have no ability to cross the borders.[/size]
[size=45]The battles continue for the third day in a row between ISIS terrorists and Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, following the terrorist organization's attack on a prison that killed more than seventy people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.[/size]
[size=45]The director of the observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, confirmed that the clashes had killed 28 members of the Kurdish security forces, 45 ISIS fighters and five civilians since the start of the attack on Ghweran prison in the city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria.[/size]
[size=45]The observatory reported that the terrorists attacked the night of Thursday-Friday the Great Gweran prison in the city of Hasaka, which houses thousands of ISIS members.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdish forces are trying to contain this attack, which is the largest launched by the organization since it was defeated in Syria in March 2019.[/size]
[size=45]The Syrian Democratic Forces, made up of Kurdish fighters, repelled the attack. Clashes are taking place between the two sides, leaving dead and wounded, and dozens of detainees have managed to escape.[/size]
[size=45]The observatory indicated that hundreds of prisoners were arrested “from ISIS, while dozens of them are still on the run,” without specifying the total number of prisoners who managed to escape.[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the director of the media center of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said that "the exceptional situation continues in the prison and its surroundings."[/size]
[size=45]The Islamic State, through the account of its propaganda agency Amaq on the Telegram app, claimed the "widespread attack" on the prison with the aim of "liberating the prisoners held inside," noting that "clashes are still ongoing in the vicinity of the prison and other neighborhoods."[/size]
[size=45]Iraq has taken precautionary measures on its border with Syria to prevent the infiltration of terrorists.[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi government is seeking, through a series of operations launched during the last period, to control the growth of ISIS, in several border provinces, such as Nineveh, in light of the continuing smuggling operations into the interior, where the security forces announce from time to time the arrest of a number of people, who want to entry into the country.[/size]
[size=45]Following the Ghweran attack, a secret document issued by the Iraqi intelligence indicated the intention of ISIS members to enter the country to strengthen their ranks.[/size]
[size=45]According to the document, "ISIS intended to smuggle all its 5,000 members from prison, some of whom are dangerous leaders, to be sent to Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]Over the past years, the Iraqi-Syrian border has turned into one of the centers of regional danger, where undisciplined forces and armed militias are deployed on both sides, in addition to the presence of armies affiliated with major foreign powers, without mechanisms to ensure that these forces do not collide.[/size]
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