Over 4,500 IS detainees brought to Iraq from Syria: officialPhoto: CollectedBAGHDAD, Feb 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - More than 4,500 suspected jihadists havebeen transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a US operation to relocateIslamic State group detainees, an Iraqi official told AFP on Tuesday. Saad Maan, a spokesperson for the Iraqi government's security informationunit, told AFP that 4,583 detainees had been brought to Iraq so far. In 2014, IS swept across swathes of Syria and Iraq, committing massacres andforcing women and girls into sexual slavery. Backed by US-led forces, Iraq proclaimed the defeat of IS in 2017, while inneighbouring Syria the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ultimately beatback the group two years later. The SDF went on to jail thousands of suspected jihadists and detain tens ofthousands of their relatives in camps.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 10, 2026 11:10 UTC