ISIS fighters still at large after Syrian prison break, contributing to volatile security situation

Some ISIS prisoners who escaped from a situation successful northeastern Syria connected Jan. 19, are inactive unaccounted for aft the ensuing chaos made tracking immoderate of the fighters "impossible," an expert acquainted with the concern has claimed.

And arsenic U.S. forces determination to transportation thousands of antheral militants from the portion to Iraq, the wives of ISIS fighters person been near down successful what helium described arsenic "fragile" detention camps.

"Damascus claims astir of the escapees were recaptured, but immoderate stay astatine large," Syria expert Nanar Hawach told Fox News Digital.

"The nonstop fig unaccounted for is unclear due to the fact that the chaos made tracking them each impossible," said Hawach, of the International Crisis Group.

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Syrian information forces accrued information measures astatine Al-Hawl exile camp. ( Santiago Montag/Anadolu via Getty Image)

"The U.S. transportation to Iraq covers antheral detainees from prisons, but those detained successful camps stay successful Syria nether Damascus’ control."

U.S. Central Command confirmed Jan. 21 that it had begun transferring ISIS prisoners to Iraqi-controlled facilities arsenic an exigency effort to forestall a resurgence of the panic radical amid deteriorating information conditions.

The determination followed the situation flight astatine a detention installation successful Hasakah state during clashes betwixt Syrian authorities forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

Militants broke retired during the unrest, and portion galore were aboriginal recaptured, the afloat scope of the flight remains unclear.

U.S. forces person already transported astir 150 ISIS fighters from a detention installation successful Hasakah to unafraid locations successful Iraq, according to CENTCOM, which said arsenic galore arsenic 7,000 detainees could yet beryllium transferred.

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ISIS wives and children stay successful "fragile" Syrian detention camps nether Damascus power portion antheral fighters are transferred to Iraq, leaving detention situation unresolved. ( Santiago Montag/Anadolu via Getty Image)

An Iraqi quality wide told The Associated Press connected Jan. 21 that Iraqi authorities received an archetypal batch of 144 detainees, with further transfers planned by aircraft.

"The U.S. is facilitating transfers to Iraqi custody arsenic an exigency measurement due to the fact that of the unstable information concern successful northeast Syria," Hawach said, noting that Iraq’s unafraid prisons "reduce the hazard of further wide breakouts."

"Human rights organizations person raised concerns astir proceedings procedures successful Iraq, but the precedence close present is preventing escapes, and Iraq tin present that."

Hawach emphasized that the transfers use lone to antheral fighters held successful prisons — not to women and children confined successful camps specified arsenic the notorious al-Hol.

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ISIS wives and children stay successful "fragile" Syrian detention camps nether Damascus power portion antheral fighters transportation to Iraq, leaving detention situation unresolved. ( Santiago Montag/Anadolu via Getty Image)

Al-Hol campy has held tens of thousands of ISIS-affiliated women and children since the group’s territorial decision successful 2019.

"Women and children are held successful camps, not prisons, and are processed otherwise than antheral fighters," Hawach said.

"The semipermanent solution for women and children is repatriation to their location countries, but astir governments person been reluctant," Hawach said.

"Some women are ideologically committed; immoderate are not. Distinguishing betwixt them requires case-by-case assessments that haven’t happened astatine scale." Still, Hawach warned, the deeper occupation remains unresolved.

"The detention strategy was ever fragile, ever underfunded, ever a impermanent solution waiting for imperishable answers," helium said.

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"The transfers to Iraq code the contiguous situation but don’t lick the underlying occupation of what to bash with this colonisation long-term."

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said this week that "the archetypal intent of the SDF arsenic the superior anti-ISIS unit connected the crushed has mostly expired, arsenic Damascus is present some consenting and positioned to instrumentality implicit information responsibilities, including power of ISIS detention facilities and camps."