Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani says during a joint presser with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein that his country is ready to "reinforce cooperation" with Iraq to combat IS along the border. al-Shaibani arrived in Iraq on March 14, conducting his first visit to the country since his Islamist alliance toppled Bashar al-Assad. Relations between neighbours Syria and Iraq have become more complicated since the fall of Assad, who was a close ally of the government in Baghdad. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES