US begins transferring ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq amid security transition
U.S. forces moved 150 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq as CENTCOM began a transfer operation involving up to 7,000 radical prisoners.
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U.S. forces moved 150 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq as CENTCOM began a transfer operation involving up to 7,000 radical prisoners.
The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.
As a survivor of Saddam Hussein’s attempted genocide of the Kurdish people in northern Iraq, Sarkawt Shamsulddin knows what American resolve can mea...
The move brings to a close more than two decades of American military presence in the western part of the country.
The U.S. withdrawal of troops from Ain al-Asad airbase was completed by Friday as part of regional consolidation following progress on ISIS as CENTCOM...