US EditionTransfer of IS prisoners to Iraq puts renewed pressure on European governments
The US transferred 150 senior IS detainees including Europeans to Iraqi prisons, where legal proceedings will start amid demands for European repatriation and prosecution.
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The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed on Saturday to extend a ceasefire by up to a month to allow the United States to transfer suspected Islamic State and al-Qaeda prisoners to Iraq. The conflict between the government and the Kurds has carried the risk that thousands of jihadist fighters, many of whom have European citizenship, could be freed.
On Saturday, a security source revealed that some 1,000 ISIL prisoners had been transferred to Iraq in the coming hours in the second meal since the decision was issued. The source told Safaq News that "the anti-terrorist apparatus would then transport prisoners to scattered and protected areas in Baghdad and the governorates, in the presence of a team from the Iraqi Ministry of Justice, under the air cover of the Iraqi Air Force." He added that…
Transfer of IS prisoners to Iraq puts renewed pressure on European governments
The transfer of senior Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq has reignited pressure on European governments to confront the long-deferred issue of bringing home and prosecuting their citizens.
More IS detainees heading to Iraq from Syria: Iraqi officials
Hundreds of Islamic State group detainees were being transferred from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, the second batch since the US announced plans to relocate the jihadists there, two Iraqi security officials told AFP. "The prisoner transfer operation is ongoing, with US forces transporting detainees by land and air," an Iraqi security official said, adding that "up to 1,000 IS detainees are expected to arrive in Iraq today". Another security source…
Following the departure of the Kurds from Syrian prisons where jihadists from Daesh were locked up, they were transferred to Iraq. Several of them are Europeans.
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NaftemporikiHundreds of Islamic State prisoners were transferred from Syria to Iraq on Saturday (24/1), in the second such operation after the US announced that it intended to transfer thousands of jihadists currently held in Syrian prisons. “The transfer of prisoners is underway, US forces are transporting them by land and air,” an Iraqi security official said, noting that “up to 1,000 IS prisoners are expected in Iraq today.”
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