Military

Additional Iraqi Border Patrol Deployed to Al Waleed

Baghdad, Iraq -- Additional Special Border Force officers deployed to Al Waleed in the Al Anbar province on Jan. 24 for border security and terrorist interdiction.

The Special Border Force will patrol the Syrian border to interdict foreign fighters and terrorists attempting to cross into Iraq.

The additional officers will allow the SBF to control more area and additional forts along the border.

U.S. military officials state that the border officers are a part of the Department of Border Enforcement, a department of the Ministry of Interior.
 

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