US-led Coalition kept 400 ISIS detainees in Syria’s largest prison despite mass transfer to Iraq

Shafaq News-
Hasakah

The US-led Coalition
kept 400 ISIS detainees at Sina’a prison in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah city
out of the mass transfer to Iraq, a Syrian security source told Shafaq News on
Thursday.

“The
Coalition preferred to keep certain names from the organization in Syrian
prisons,” the source said. The retained detainees hold various
nationalities, including Syrian, Iraqi, foreign, and Asian.

Sina’a prison
remains under the control and protection of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic
Forces’ (SDF) counter-terrorism units, operating under Global Coalition
oversight and support.

Last February, the
US Central Command (CENTCOM) completed the transfer of more than 5,700 ISIS
prisoners following security tensions in northeastern Syria between the SDF and
Damascus authorities, which threatened the security of ISIS detention
facilities.

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