The US military's Central Command on Wednesday launched a mission to move ISIS detainees from north-eastern Syria to Iraq, a stunning development that comes after Kurdish forces rapidly lost ground in clashes with Syrian government forces.
The prisoners had for years been guarded at several jails by the Syrian Democratic Forces, but Damascus has in recent days seized much of the land once held by the Kurdish-led troops.
Clashes on Monday and Tuesday around SDF-controlled prisons holding IS
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