"International indifference toward the issue of the ISIS terrorist organization and the failure of the international community to assume its responsibilities in addressing this serious matter" was behind the move, the SDF said on X. The SDF and the government have traded blame over the escape from a prison in the town of Shaddadeh, amid the breakdown of a ceasefire deal between the two sides. SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami told Kurdish news website Rudaw that around “1,500 ISIS militants — including both foreign and Syrian nationals — had been released” by Damascus-affiliated armed groups from Shaddadi prison in southern Hasaka as well following fighting there.

US begins transferring ISIL-linked detainees from Syria to Iraq The US military said up to 7,000 people will be moved from a detention facility in Hasakah, Syria.

For Baghdad, the problem is clear: Many elements within the Syrian government’s forces are former ISIS militants or fighters with extremist backgrounds, and they are steadily advancing toward border areas. In response, Iraqi state media confirmed on January 18 that additional Iran-aligned Popular Mobilizatin Front (PMF) units have been deployed along the Syria-Iraq border in Nineveh, while Iraqi army units have also been stationed along Anbar’s frontier. The prospect of these two ideologically driven forces confronting each other along Irag’s border is not merely a security concern — it is potentially catastrophic.

Washington is taking a tougher stance against Iranian militias in Iraq Trump's envoy to Iraq pledges to pursue militias and says strengthening security is a US priority

They’re really fucking doing it, aren’t they?

They’re gonna turn Iraq into a Wahhabi pawn in order to get at Iran, just like they did with Syria so they could clear the Syrian airspace to be able to launch strikes on Iran from planes without the need to refuel. We already saw what the US did with their bunker busters with Syria’s airspace being accessible to them.

Those prisoners that have been transferred will escape. I would put money on it.

(Edit: Alt-text provided by comrade Edie. Tyfys o7)

  • Euergetes [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    They just dropped thousands of trained, blooded ISIS fighters into Iraq

    they’re ISIS-related detainees, the ISIS prisons in Syria had whole families, they’re not all fighters or in an organized state. Iraqi militias are tens of thousands strong.

    I may have misinterpretted your post as foretelling collapsing Iraq but you’re still overstating the possible mischief in the current balance of forces. Given some months and CIA supply that might change but ISIS seems equally disposed to being a problem in Syria that HTS will have to crack down on after using the prisonbreaks to fuck with the SDF.