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US to transfer Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq

'...The US military has begun the transfer up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) group detainees from prisons in north-eastern Syria to Iraq...The government and SDF had earlier blamed each other over the escape of suspected IS fighters from an SDF-run prison in Shaddadi, in southern Hassakeh. ...'

Reference: www.bbc.com
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Some 1,500 ISIS prisoners reportedly escape amid Syrian gov’t advance on Kurdish city

'...The Kurdish website Rudaw reports that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said around 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison. ...prison that had been under SDF control in the eastern city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. '

Reference: www.timesofisrael.com
Tags: Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),

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