US army announced on Wednesday completion of Steel Curtain operations, which aimed to eradicate insurgency in Husaiba city with the assistance of Iraqi security forces. Multinational Forces (MNF) said today in a statement that the forces which participated in the operations would remain patrolling the city to enforce security along the Iraqi-Syrian borders. The statement revealed that Iraqi and American soldiers would continue their hunt for weapons and booby trapped cars in the Husaiba, which was evacuated by hundreds of families during the last five days because of the heated military operations. The US army announced previously arresting 180 gunmen in Husaiba, including foreign gunmen from Asian and African countries.