The Iraq-Iran border has been increasingly fortified in recent years, after Baghdad agreed to disarm Kurdish groups opposed to Iran based in the Kurdistan Region and secure the border regions in a ...

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New Iraqi customs rules at Kurdistan Region’s border with Turkey have disrupted the movement of goods and thrown thousands ...

He said the brigades will be deployed at the border of the Kurdish autonomous region with Iran. Last week, the Security Council of Iraqi government decided to adopt a set of measures to reinforce ...