{"id":135249,"date":"2026-02-03T09:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=135249"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:20:32","slug":"iraq-confirms-transfer-of-1300-isis-members-from-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/135249\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq confirms transfer of 1,300 ISIS members from Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Khaled al-Yaqubi, an adviser to the Iraqi prime minister, said late Monday that approximately 1,300 members of the Islamic State (ISIS) have been transferred from Syria to Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in an interview with Al Arabiya news channel, al-Yaqubi said that only four of the transferred ISIS members are Iraqi nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that Iraqi authorities agreed to receive ISIS detainees from Syria in order to prevent their escape from prisons there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unstable security situation inside Syria in recent months contributed to the decision, al-Yaqubi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier on Monday, Iraq announced the start of investigative procedures involving 1,387 ISIS members who had been detained in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Abdulsalam Khoja<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Khaled al-Yaqubi, an adviser to the Iraqi prime minister, said late Monday that approximately 1,300 members of the Islamic State (ISIS) have been transferred from Syria to Iraq. 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