BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb 27 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, said, the Daesh militants are besieged in neighbouring Syria and are trying to escape.
“Daesh are surrounded in Syria… trying to exploit any gap, but we will not allow any infiltration into Iraq,” Abdul Mahdi told a press conference.
He said, his government is dealing cautiously with the file of Daesh families in Syria, who have been transferred to Iraq, to safeguard the security of the country.
The security authorities are working on sorting out Iraqi families, who were forced to live in the besieged area in Syria, and those Iraqi nationals who are families of Daesh militants, Abdul Mahdi said.
He said, Iraqi authorities will scrutinise all those who are received from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
During the past few days, the Iraqi security forces reportedly said that, they have received 150 Daesh militants on Feb 21, and a second batch of 180 on Feb 23, who were captured by the U.S.-backed SDF.
Last week, Abdul Mahdi said, most of the Daesh militants remaining in Syria are Iraqi citizens, asserting that Iraqi forces are closely following the situation inside Syria.
The handover of Daesh militants to Iraqi authorities came after the battles of liberating the last Daesh stronghold in Baghouz, which was the last Daesh-held area in the eastern Euphrates River region, in Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zour province.– NNN-NINA
