Baghdad is taking action to block smuggling networks that have been funneling drugs across the region from Iran and Syria, using Iraq as a corridor.

Sandwiched between Syria and Iran, Iraq sits uncomfortably at the centre of a regional drug-trafficking triangle facilitated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxies, which rely on the revenue to fund their activities.

With illicit drugs flowing into and through Iraq from both east and west, it has been taking steps to block this activity by fortifying its borders, officials said.

In southeastern Iraq, work is under way to construct an earthen berm and trench along the border with Iran along the course of the Shatt al-Arab river.

Source: Al-Mashereq