Iraq to receive thousands of ISIS terror suspects from the Syrian army soon

Iraq is expected to receive thousands of Islamic State (IS) suspects from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the near future as the militant group has been declared fully defeated in neighboring Syria.

The SDF will hand over nearly 28,000 IS suspects to Iraq while about 3,000 of them have already been found guilty of having ties with the militant group, Abbas Sarwad, a member of the committee of security and defense at the Iraqi parliament, said in a statement.

According to the Iraqi official, among the 28,000 are thousands of women and children who have made Iraq think of stricter security measures to monitor the overall process of repatriation.

The US-backed Kurdish forces, after a five-year deadly war in Syria, announced the full victory over IS earlier the week.

Source: Basnews