'Can I say that the interview took place in an old fort near the Syrian frontier?'

Deir Zanoun is only three miles from the Syrian frontier.

It is the latest in a series aimed at halting the flow of foreign jihadists, including suicide bombers, who have entered Iraq from the Syrian frontier.

They were built on the fringes of the territories, along the Jordanian and Syrian frontiers and along the edges of the Sinai Peninsula.

Then it tilted, its engine howling, and rocketed east, thundering toward No Man's Land and then the Syrian frontier.

April 22 - Operation Yiftach launched, leading to the conquest of north eastern Galilee between the Lebanese and Syrian frontiers.

"At a guess," said Poirot, "he has already passed the Syrian frontier."

In the latter role, JSOC gives particular attention to sophisticated smuggling operations on the Iraqi border and terrorist infiltration along the Syrian frontier.

The Egyptian army, camped along the Syrian frontier, waits in eager anticipation.

Khalid bin Saeed: Certain apostate tribes on the Syrian frontier.