Iraq Tightens Border Security with Iran

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen at a base at an undisclosed location in the Erbil province in this photo released in December. (AFP)

Days after his visit to Iran, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani ordered the military to tighten security along the zero point along the borders with Iran and Türkiye.

An official Iraqi source told Asharq Al-Awsat that border security was “among the most important issues that Al-Sudani discussed with Iranian officials.”