Deal necessary for ISIS prisoners

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A deal would be necessary to hand over ISIS group-affiliated prisoners to the new leaders in Damascus, journalist and Kurdish affairs expert Wladimir van Wilgenburg says.    #ISIS #Syria

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00:00ISIS remains a key concern for global and regional security, Vladimir.

00:06Around 50,000 members remain in prison in SDF-controlled areas.

00:13The new administration have offered to relieve them of their duty.

00:18Is this even possible?

00:20Well, I mean, there's not only prisons, there's also several IDP camps

00:25where there are like 50,000 ISIS families, basically.

00:30And then you have prisoners with different nationalities from foreign countries, etc.

00:36So, I mean, it's possible.

00:38I mean, if there will be an agreement between the SDF and the new administration,

00:42Damascus, to hand over those prisons to Damascus,

00:45but there have to be some form of bigger deal on what to do with northern Syria.

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