U.S. Keeps 400 ISIS Detainees in Hasaka Prison
ARK News.. A news agency has revealed that the U.S.-led international coalition has kept around 400 detainees from ISIS in al-Sana’a Prison in the city of Hasaka, northeastern Syria, without transferring them to Iraq.
According to Shafaq News, a Syrian security source said on Thursday, April 30, 2026, that “the international coalition preferred to keep certain names of ISIS members in Syrian prisons, despite transferring more than 5,000 detainees from the group to Iraq.”
The source noted that the detainees include individuals of various nationalities, including Syrian, Iraqi, and other foreign and Asian nationals.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) had announced last February the completion of the transfer of more than 5,700 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq.
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