US Central Command announces completion of mission to transfer ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq
US Central Command announces completion of mission to transfer ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq
2026-02-13
U.S. Central Command announced Friday the completion of the transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq. In a statement, the Command said, “We have completed the mission of transferring ISIS detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq.” The statement added, “We transferred more than 5,700 ISIS terrorists from Syria to Iraq over a period of 23 days.” The statement continued, “We appreciate the leadership of Iraq and its understanding that the transfer of ISIS detainees is essential to the security of the region.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed that the transfer of ISIS terrorist prisoners from Syria to Iraq was an Iraqi decision, calling on the concerned countries to cooperate on this issue and take back their citizens who are terrorist prisoners.
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