After efforts to place them in other countries failed, several high-profile ISIS fighters may end up in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, American officials told NBC on Thursday. Under the plan, possibly hundreds of less notorious ISIS detainees would be remanded to a prison in Iraq. The problem of where to keep ISIS prisoners has become more pressing in recent months, thanks to the success of the Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting in the region. According to NBC, the group has an estimated 600 prisoners in custody. Should the plan to shift detainees to Guantanamo move forward, they would be the facility’s first new prisoners in more than 10 years.

Source: Huffington Post August 30, 2018 21:45 UTC