Islamic State takes border station in Iraqi desert with 'drug smuggling wali'
Islamic State takes border station in Iraqi desert with 'drug smuggling wali' A recent incident along Iraq’s western border and alleged connections between drug smuggling and Islamic State cells in the area have raised concern. An Iraqi Shiite fighter from a Popular Mobilization Units rides his motorbike in Qaim on the Iraqi side of the border with Syria on Nov. 12, 2018. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images May 8, 2021 BAGHDAD — Orders to arrest three Iraqi border guard commanders in late April after positions were abandoned and equipment and weaponry were left to alleged I...
Source: al-monitor.com