Iraq Receives Over 2,200 ISIS Detainees Transferred from Syria by US Forces

Iraq. Iraqi officials told AFP on Saturday that 2,225 Islamic State (IS) group detainees, transferred by the US military from Syria last month, have arrived in Iraq so far.The US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated that 2,225 out of seven thousand IS detainees in Syria last month have been transferred from Syria to Iraq.Previously, they were held in jails and camps operated by the Kurdish-led 'Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)' in northeastern Syria.This transfer plan was announced last month after Tom B. Barrett, the US Special Envoy for Syria, declared the end of the SDF's role in fighting IS.Saad Man, head of...