Iraq takes back 100 IS fighters from Syria Kurdish forces

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Iraqi authorities Wednesday repatriated 100 Iraqi fighters from the Islamic State group who were being held by Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, a senior Iraqi security official said. “This morning we collected 100 terrorists” held by theSyrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters in Syria, General Abdul Amir al-Shammari told AFP. The jihadists “have been handed over to the intelligence services for questioning,” said Shammari, deputy commander of Joint Operations which coordinates between Iraqi security forces and the international anti-jihadist coalition. The SD…

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