The US thanked Iraq for its cooperation to transfer up to 7,000 prisoners out of Syria, after the Kurdish-led SDF lost control over the territory where the prisoner camps were held. IS fighters and their families were being held in prisoner camps overseen by the SDF, but as the Syrian army advanced, the SDF said it had to abandon their post at northeastern al-Hol camp, holding mostly women and children, and al-Aqtan prison for IS fighters. The SDF, backed by a US-led coalition, defeated IS in Syria in 2019, and in the course of that fight, the Kurds acquired large swathes of territory.
Author: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez
Published at: 2026-01-21 22:00:00
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