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Iraq detains ISIS militants fleeing SDF prisons Lawk Ghafuri Iraqi Defense Foreign Minister Nijah al-Shimari visited an unspecified location of the Iraq-Syria border on October 16, 2019.ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq has detained a number of Islamic State (ISIS) militants and ISIS-affiliated families inside within its borders after they escaped Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) prisons in Syria, Yehia Rasool, Iraq’s defense ministry spokesperson, told Rudaw English on Thursday.Some ISIS militants sneaked across the border and were detained in Anbar province over the last two days. It is not clear how many ISIS militants entered Iraq and Rasool declined to say how many have been caught. “Iraqi forces with the help of the Iraqi intelligence department have detained a number of ISIS terrorists inside Iraqi territory during the last two days,†Rasool said. “The ISIS terrorists have sneaked into Iraq after they escaped prisons in Syria.â€Read more at: https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/171020192
