{"id":5755,"date":"2026-01-31T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/31\/popular-mobilization-commander-iraq-syria-unofficial-border-crossings-closed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:32:17","slug":"popular-mobilization-commander-iraq-syria-unofficial-border-crossings-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/31\/popular-mobilization-commander-iraq-syria-unofficial-border-crossings-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Mobilization Commander: Unofficial Border Crossings Between Iraq and Syria Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Anbar province stated that all unofficial crossings along the Iraq-Syria shared borders have been closed, and security control over the border strip has been fully secured.<\/p>\n<p>According to Iraqi media, Salah Fadhil Al-Eisawi emphasized that forces stationed in these areas have successfully prevented any infiltration by terrorist elements, and currently, there is no effective threat from this region to the borders.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the border areas from the Rabia region to Al-Tanf inside Syrian territory, as well as the Arar crossing and desert areas west of Anbar, remain under tight security and continuous military surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The PMF commander added that all military personnel deployed in these areas are on high alert to respond immediately and decisively to any terrorist movement or aggression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PMF commander confirms closure of all unofficial Iraq-Syria border crossings, securing the area against terrorist threats with constant military vigilance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}