📰 Iraq completes 350 km of concrete border wall with Syria

damascus, syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – The Iraqi army declared on Sunday the completion of 350 kilometers of the concrete barrier along the border with Syria. The Iraqi Border Guard troops Command stated that construction of the fortifications along the syrian-Iraqi border commenced in 2022, covering a stretch of more than 618 kilometers. Notably, iraq has accelerated construction of a concrete security wall along its northwestern border with Syria, a stretch that also marks the frontier with the Kurdistan Region.

Notably, the move comes as Baghdad seeks to seal the entirety of the 618-kilometer border following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 and rising fears of militant infiltration. The Command explained that approximately 350 kilometers of the concrete security wall have been completed, while efforts continue to seal all remaining gaps to prevent infiltration and smuggling. The Command noted that the concrete wall is reinforced by a multi-layered security system, which includes, a trench 3 meters wide and 3 meters deep, an earthen berm rising 3 meters high, a four-layer inflatable barrier, observation towers positioned at one-kilometer intervals, each equipped with advanced thermal cameras linked to a centralized monitoring system.

It added that border fortification does not rely on the concrete wall alone, but is part of an integrated defense network made up of trenches, barbed wire barriers, and early warning systems, supported by high-precision thermal imaging and 24/7 day-and-night surveillance devices. By Abdulsalam Khoja