US EditionUS begins transferring ISIL-linked detainees from Syria to Iraq
The U.S. began moving 150 Islamic State detainees from northeast Syria to Iraq, aiming to relocate up to 7,000 to prevent breakouts and enhance regional security.
- On Wednesday, the United States military launched an operation to transfer 150 Islamic State group detainees from Hasakeh province to Iraq, with CENTCOM saying up to 7,000 could be moved.
- Washington said its alliance with the SDF has largely ended as the US backs Damascus to take security responsibility, and a ceasefire on Tuesday saw the SDF withdraw while Syrian government forces entered camps and prisons.
- Al-Hol camp holds around 24,000 people, including 14,500 Syrians, nearly 3,000 Iraqis, and about 6,200 women and children from around 40 nationalities, while a highly secured section holds 6,500 detainees.
- CENTCOM said the transfers are critical to preventing breakouts, as Iraq approved reception and received the first batch of 144 individuals for interrogation and trial in Iraqi prisons.
- Both sides blamed each other for incidents including a Shadadi prison escape on Monday and a drone strike that killed seven soldiers, as Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces traded accusations despite the truce.
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Chaos in Syria sparks fears of ISIS prison breaks as US rushes detainees to Iraq
Chaos engulfing northeastern Syria has sparked fresh security fears after Syria’s new governing authorities moved against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces, forcing the U.S. military to rush ISIS detainees out of Syria and into Iraq.The U.S. military launched an operation Wednesday to relocate ISIS detainees amid fears that instability could trigger mass prison breaks. So far, about 150 detainees have been transferred from a detention center in Hasakah…
Detained Islamic State (IS) fighters have begun being transferred from Syria to Iraq, a US military operation part of a broader reshaping of the security situation in Syria following a ceasefire agreement between the government and the Kurdish SDF forces that expires on Saturday. Iraqi authorities are calling for Europeans to be tried in Europe.
On Wednesday, the United States conducted a large-scale military operation to transfer former jihadists detained in Syria to Iraq, while fighting was raging on the spot.
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