US EditionOver 2,200 IS Detainees Transferred to Iraq From Syria: Iraqi Official
More than 2,200 ISIL detainees have been transferred from Kurdish-controlled Syrian prisons to Iraqi detention centers for secure holding and prosecution, officials said.
- Over 2,225 Islamic State detainees have been transferred from Syria to Iraq by the US-led international coalition.
- Iraq has received the detainees, who were previously held by the Syrian Democratic Forces, through land and air transfers coordinated with the coalition.
- The transferred detainees are being held in 'strict, regular detention centers' in Iraq and will be tried by Iraqi courts.
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Over 2,200 IS detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria: official
Iraq has so far received 2,225 Islamic State group detainees, whom the US military began transferring from Syria last month, an Iraqi official told AFP news agency on Saturday. They are among up to 7,000 IS detainees whose transfer from Syria to Iraq the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced last month, in a move it said was aimed at "ensuring that the terrorists remain in secure detention facilities". Previously, they had been held in prisons …
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