Khaberni - The spokesperson for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Sabah al-Noaman, confirmed today, Thursday, the transfer of 4500 detainees from the Islamic State organization in Syria to Iraqi prisons.
Al-Noaman told the Iraqi News Agency that the government had repeatedly called on foreign governments to repatriate their nationals from these detainees and return them to their countries, but the international response was weak.
He stated that all prisons they were placed in are tightly secured, regardless of the severity of sentences, and are fully under the authority of the Ministry of Justice and subject to very strong security measures.
Al-Noaman expressed his hope that in the coming period, some countries will take action to withdraw their nationals to close this file, which he said still poses a risk to the situation in Iraq and Syria.
On January 21st, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the launch of an operation to transfer ISIS detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq, while reports clarified that it is being executed as part of a tripartite agreement between the Coalition Forces, the Syrian Army, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
On the same day, CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper briefed Syrian President Ahmad al-Shar’a over the phone about plans to transfer 7000 detainees from the organization to Iraq.
Last week, the Iraqi Higher Judicial Council announced the commencement of investigative procedures against 1387 elements of the Islamic State organization, recently received by the country from Syria.
The Higher Judicial Council, in a statement published by the Iraqi News Agency, expected Iraq to receive more than 7000 elements from the organization, noting that the National Center for International Judicial Cooperation would work on documentation and provide investigative bodies and courts with previously archived documents and evidence.
