{"id":1407435,"date":"2022-03-29T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407435"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:17:09","slug":"iraq-builds-wall-along-syrian-border-to-block-islamic-state-jihadis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraq-builds-wall-along-syrian-border-to-block-islamic-state-jihadis\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Builds Wall Along Syrian Border to Block Islamic State Jihadis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firaq-builds-wall-along-syrian-border-to-block-islamic-state-jihadis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407435&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>The Iraqi government has completed a wall \u201ca dozen kilometers long and 3.5 meters high\u201d along the Syrian border in Nineveh province to keep Islamic State jihadis at bay. Iraq plans to expand the wall to cover more of its 600-kilometer border with Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An Iraqi military source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/iraq-building-syria-wall-to-keep-out-is-fighters\/6503811.html\">told<\/a> <\/span><span>AFP<\/span><span>\u00a0on Sunday the Nineveh barrier was just the \u201cfirst stage\u201d of wall construction, but did not specify how large the wall would eventually become.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the first stage of the wall was constructed opposite the town of al-Shaddadi in Syria\u2019s Hasakeh province. ISIS fighters <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mei.edu\/publications\/closer-look-isis-attack-syrias-al-sina-prison\"><span>attacked<\/span><\/a><span> the al-Sina prison in the Hasakeh region in late January, launching a bloody nine-day battle that included suicide bombs, a prison riot, hostage-taking, and summary executions.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20422820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1178787076.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group gather in a prison cell in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on October 26, 2019. (FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Somewhere between 30 and 100 ISIS members escaped from the prison, including several \u201cimportant leaders.\u201d The escapees headed for the Syria-Iraq border, which hosts several active ISIS cells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kurdish officials are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurdistan24.net\/en\/story\/27460-ISIS-could-attack-Syria%27s-al-Hol-camp:-reports\"><span>nervous<\/span><\/a><span> that ISIS might attempt a similar full-scale prison break at the massive al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria. Smaller skirmishes have broken out around the camp as recently as late February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The first phase of the Iraqi border wall went up very quickly. The Iraqi military <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20220303-iraq-to-build-a-wall-along-the-border-with-syria\/\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> its construction less than four weeks ago, stating the concrete barrier would be erected between \u201cexisting fortifications,\u201d with the Iraqi army stepping in to help the notoriously undermanned and under-equipped border guards.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iraqi government has completed a wall \u201ca dozen kilometers long and 3.5 meters high\u201d along the Syrian border in Nineveh province to keep Islamic State jihadis at bay. 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