Syria has sent 3,000 troops to the border with Iraq to deter infiltration by pro-Iran Iraqi militias, two security officials ...

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Kakai added that Iraqi authorities have stepped up coordination efforts with Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, who control part of the Syrian side of the border.

Iraq has amassed on its border with Syria thousands of fighters from its conventional military as well as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a security agency containing many Iran-aligned ...