US EditionIraq Says Ankara Agrees to Take Back Turkish Citizens Among ISIS Detainees Transferred From Syria
Iraq arranged transfer of over 5,700 Islamic State detainees from Syria and secured Turkey's agreement to repatriate its citizens for prosecution under Iraqi law.
- On Feb 23, Iraq's foreign minister said Turkey agreed to take back Turkish citizens from detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq.
- After Kurdish forces retreated and shut down camps and prisons following a Syrian government offensive, Baghdad transferred more than 5,700 IS detainees from Syria in recent weeks.
- Iraq has repeatedly called on other countries to recover their citizens involved in terrorism, as Fuad Hussein urged the world to try suspects in their own countries.
- A Turkish diplomatic source said Turkey appreciated Baghdad's transfer efforts and is ready to engage with Iraqi authorities about Turkish nationals among the detainees.
- Iraq says the transfers were arranged with the United States after the Kurdish guard collapsed, making the fate of suspected Islamic State fighters and thousands of women and children urgent.
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Iraq: Turkey to repatriate IS detainees from Syria
Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks. Iraq took in the detainees in an operation arranged with the United States after Kurdish forces retreated and shut down camps and prisons that had housed IS suspects for nearly a decade. Baghdad has said it will try suspects on…
Iraq says Ankara agrees to take back Turkish citizens among IS detainees moved from Syria
Feb 23 - Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Iraq says Ankara agrees to take back Turkish citizens among ISIS detainees transferred from Syria
Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks.
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