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Syria extends ceasefire with Kurdish forces
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The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which are mostly made up of Iranian-backed militias, have now deployed to the border.
Syria chaos sparks ISIS security crisis as 150 detainees relocated to Iraq amid prison breaks. Kurdish forces withdraw from detention facilities.
The army's Operations Command says the terror group committed "widespread violations" in both the Qandil Mountains and the province of Hasakah.
U.S.-backed SDF forces and the Syrian government have traded blame over the escape Monday of ISIS members from the Shaddedeh prison on the border with Iraq.
PMF chief Faleh Al-Fayyad says Iraq faces no US pressure to transfer ISIS detainees from Syria, confirming receipt of 140 suspects as a first batch.
The United States has begun transferring detainees linked to ISIL (ISIS) from northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s army continues to take control of more territory previously held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).