Iraq is stepping up security along its frontier with Saudi Arabia in an effort to stop cross‑border attacks originating from Iraqi soil and to defuse rising tensions with Riyadh. A Saudi security team visited Baghdad this week to discuss border cooperation and intelligence sharing.
What happened: On Thursday, Saudi officials met with Iraqi Army Lieutenant General Abdul Amir al‑Shammari, head of the Commander‑in‑Chief’s office, according to a statement from Iraq’s Security Media Cell. The talks focused on tightening border security and broadening intelligence exchange between the two countries.
Saudi Arabia has not yet issued a comment on the meeting, and the identities of the Saudi participants remain undisclosed.
The visit comes after reports that Iraq has reinforced its troops along the Saudi border following the pullback of Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) from the area. Earlier this month, Shafaq News reported that Baghdad had dispatched personnel and equipment to the newly created Badia Operations Command, which oversees Iraq’s western and southern desert zones.
