Iraq is questioning thousands of Islamic State suspects who have been transferred from prisons in northeastern Syria as it's preparing to put some of them on trial for brutalities and crimes committed in Iraq. The Associated Press recently got rare access to a heavily guarded Baghdad detention complex where they U.S.
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Doctors wish they wouldn'tOne Tech Tip: Take your iPhone security to the extreme with Lockdown ModeGet the love part right: It's about knowing each other, sacrifice and sticking around on bad daysLíderes de la UE se reúnen para contrarrestar la presión de Rusia, China y Trump Doctors wish they wouldn'tOne Tech Tip: Take your iPhone security to the extreme with Lockdown ModeGet the love part right: It's about knowing each other, sacrifice and sticking around on bad daysLíderes de la UE se reúnen para contrarrestar la presión de Rusia, China y TrumpIraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. An Islamic State militant arrives for questioning, after he was transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. An Islamic State militant arrives for questioning, after he was transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. An Islamic State militant arrives for questioning, after he was transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Over a period of several weeks, the U.S. military escorted more than 5,000 IS detainees from 60 different nationalities from prisons in northeastern Syria run by the U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led The transfers have helped calm fears that the fighting in Syria would allow the IS prisoners to flee from detention camps there and join militant sleeper cells that even to this day are able to stage attacks in both Iraq and Syria. On Thursday, The Associated Press was given rare access to the sprawling detention facility in western Baghdad — now known as Al-Karkh Central Prison but more widely known as Camp Cooper after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that oustedIraqi Judge Ali Hussein Jafat, who is heading the committee interrogating IS detainees brought from Syria, says it’s not easy because of the sheer numbers of prisoners involved. It’s “complicated and not easy at all,” he said, adding that the detainees are from 14 Arab and 46 other countries. To make room for the newcomers from Syria, thousands of prisoners long held at Al-Karkh were transferred to other prisons in Iraq. The interrogations are usually a staggered affair — the men were brought in batches, handcuffed, in yellow or brown uniforms and wearing medical facemasks, and taken into a long corridor with rooms on both side. One by one they are then taken into interrogation rooms, where they sit on a chair as an officer takes down their information. From behind a small window, the AP could observe the questioning but not discern the questions or the detainnees’ answers. It wasn’t clear if the prisoners were under duress.A ceasefire was later reached, ending the fight and the SDF withdrew as part of the agreement.So far, 5,383 IS suspects have been brought to Iraq. The last batch is expected to arrive on Sunday, Jafat said.When IS declared a caliphate — a self-proclaimed territory under a traditional form of Islamic rule — in large parts of Syria and Iraq that the militant group seized in 2014, it attracted extremists from around the world. From the caliphate, the extremists plotted attacks around the world that left hundreds dead from Europe to Arab countries and Asia.who were taken when the militants overran northern Iraq. Strict rules were implemented, with IS beheading its opponents, thieves having their hands amputated while women accused of adultery were stoned to death. Over the years, an international campaign by a U.S.-led coalition defeated IS in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019.He added that he has so far seen detainees from Australia, Canada, Turkey, Germany, Britain and the former Soviet Union. There is even one Israeli-Arab man among them, he said. Many of the countries don’t want the militants who are their nationals back and Jafat said it is too early to say whether the detainees could be extradited or repatriated to their countries of origin. Those who committed crimes in Iraq will stand trials in Iraq and the proceedings will be open to the public, he added.
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