Iraq, Syria and Islamic State Prisoner
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PMF chief Faleh Al-Fayyad says Iraq faces no US pressure to transfer ISIS detainees from Syria, confirming receipt of 140 suspects as a first batch.
Syria chaos sparks ISIS security crisis as 150 detainees relocated to Iraq amid prison breaks. Kurdish forces withdraw from detention facilities.
As fighting in north-eastern Syria between government forces and Kurdish fighters was easing, concerns were growing on Wednesday about an escalation in neighbouring Iraq. Troops of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government have captured territory held by the the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),
U.S. forces moved 150 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq as CENTCOM began a transfer operation involving up to 7,000 radical prisoners.