{"id":169551,"date":"2026-06-20T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/169551\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:11:08","slug":"iraq-deploys-security-forces-to-border-crossings-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/169551\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq deploys security forces to border crossings &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-20T18:42:57+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s security forces have assumed control of border crossings and key<br \/>\ninternal checkpoints across the country as part of a broader push to tighten<br \/>\nsecurity oversight, the National Security Service (INSS) reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Under directives from Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed<br \/>\nForces Ali al-Zaidi, security units have been deployed to inspection yards,<br \/>\ncustoms exchange areas, and other designated sites. The measures aim to enhance<br \/>\nmonitoring capacity, curb smuggling attempts, and safeguard state revenues<br \/>\nthrough closer coordination with the General Commission of Customs, the Border<br \/>\nCrossings Authority, and other security bodies.<\/p>\n<p>A security source in Nineveh province previously told Shafaq News that<br \/>\nthe Service has already taken control of several external checkpoints. These<br \/>\ninclude the Martyr Sbehan and Makhmour checkpoints in Erbil, the Mosul Dam<br \/>\ncheckpoint in Duhok, and Al-Barari checkpoint at the southern entrance to<br \/>\nNineveh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-20T18:42:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq\u2019s security forces have assumed control of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[2685,2419,94,52528,52529,9157],"class_list":["post-169551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-border-crossings","tag-inss","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-deploys-security-forces-to-border-crossings","tag-iraqi-national-security-service","tag-security-forces"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116784023693597692","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}