Their release was announced late on Saturday by the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration of northern Syria, which said in a statement that 283 Syrians had been set free. The statement said they were men who “have no Syrian blood on their hands”, suggesting that they did not take part in any fighting. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said it was not the first release of IS-linked prisoners by Kurdish authorities, but the number was particularly large this time. War horses: Syria’s Arabian beauties plod way to recoverySyria’s Kurds have long urged their home countries to take the detainees back, but nations have been reluctant. In November 2013, Kurdish groups in Syria announced the establishment of a semi-autonomous region divided into three zones, following victories against militants.

Source: The Express Tribune March 03, 2019 08:26 UTC