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SHARE Kurdish and Iraqi security officials on Wednesday were scrambling to piece together how an almost unknown group with possible ties to Iran was able to carry out a deadly raid in one of Iraq’s safest regions this week. The two sides are conducting a joint investigation into Monday night’s attack on Erbil Airport that killed a military contractor and wounded an American soldier as well as several others, including nearby civilians. Officials in Baghdad said the militant group had breached the border of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region – once an island of stability and safety i...

SHARE Iraq is taking steps to halt the movement of ISIS militants and drug smuggling along its border with Syria by imposing new security measures. The 600-kilometre border between the two countries is controlled by a variety of forces, including the Iraqi military, Syrian army, US-backed Kurdish forces, Iran-backed militias and rebels who are anti-government. “One of the biggest challenges is there’s no one single or unified security partner on the Syrian side,” Lt Gen Abdul Amir Al Shammari told Reuters. The main issue, Gen Al Shammari said, is coming from Syria. The Iraqi side is mor...