Syria and Iraq discuss security coordination

[Bleipriester]

The people of Iraq demand more cooperation between the both countries.

"Baghdad, SANA Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban discussed with Syria’s Ambassador in Baghdad Sattam Jadaan al-Dandah means of developing bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries, particularly enhancing security coordination.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a statement that it was agreed during the meeting on the need of activating the joint understandings between Syria and Iraq in light of the standing challenges and on exchanging information.


Both sides discussed the importance of regional cooperation in combating terrorism.

The Syrian Ambassador stressed that the meeting came in the framework of continued consultation between Syria and Iraq on all levels.
He noted in a statement to SANA correspondent that opening wide prospects for coordination between Syria and Iraq is no longer a technical need imposed by the necessity of joint confrontation of terrorism, but it has become an Iraqi popular demand to come to eliminating the terrorist gangs as soon as possible."

Syria and Iraq discuss security coordination

 

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ISIS goes after Syrian airbase...

Islamic State attacks Syrian air base in east, dozens reported killed
10 Sept.`15 - Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, a monitoring group said on Thursday

Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest assault on the air base near the city of Deir al-Zor, where government troops are holed up, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It said at least 18 soldiers and 23 Islamic State fighters had been killed. The base is one of President Bashar al-Assad's last footholds in eastern Syria. There was no mention of the attack on state media.

After more than four years of war, Assad's sway is now mostly confined the cities of western Syria, with the rest held by Islamic State, other insurgent groups, or a Kurdish militia, which controls much of the north. On Wednesday, Syrian state TV said government troops had quit the Abu al-Duhur air base in the northwesterly Idlib province after a two-year siege by insurgents including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.

Deir al-Zor province borders territories in Iraq that are also controlled by Islamic State, and its oilfields are a major source of revenue for the group. A U.S.-led coalition has been attacking Islamic State from the air in Deir al-Zor and the neighboring Raqqa province.

Islamic State attacks Syrian air base in east, dozens reported killed

 

[Bleipriester]

This base has constantly been attacked by ISIS for a long time now.