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Syria. Two IS fighters placed under the control of the US Army

2019-10-10T11:29:22.616Z


So far detained by the forces, two fighters of the Islamic State were placed under the responsibility of the Americans, because of the Turkish attack in Syria.


So far detained by the forces, two fighters of the Islamic State were placed under the responsibility of the Americans, because of the Turkish attack in Syria.

Two major Islamic State (IS) group jihadists detained by Kurdish forces in Syria have been placed under US military control because of the Turkish offensive, a US defense official said on Wednesday. American press it would be two British, members of a group nicknamed the "Beatles" .

The Washington Post and CNN claim that these two jihadists are Alexanda Amon Kotey and El Shafee el-Sheikh, who were part of a quartet dubbed by their hostages "The Beatles" because of their English accent. Their unit had kidnapped foreign journalists, tortured and beheaded some captives, including American journalist James Foley.

"I can confirm that we have recovered FDS (Syrian-dominated Democratic Forces, Ed) control of two senior members of the IS," said Wednesday a US defense official.

The two men "were placed in military detention" , "outside Syria," he added. According to the American press, they are being held in Iraq.

Several countries fear that the Turkish offensive against the Kurdish forces, allied with the Westerners in the fight against the IS, will not allow a jihadist group to start when about 10,000 fighters are detained in camps controlled by the Kurdish militia of the Units. People's Protection (YPG).

In safe places

Among the prisoners are nearly 2,000 foreign jihadists, whose home countries refuse to take back. Among them, the two "Beatles" , Alexanda Amon Kotey and El Shafee el-Sheikh.

The third member of the group died in a drone strike and the fourth is in prison in Turkey.

"We are taking some of the most dangerous IS fighters and putting them in several safe places , " US President Donald Trump said earlier in the day, without giving further details. "We are taking a number of IS fighters who are particularly bad and we want to make sure that nothing happens to them by transferring them," he added.

Donald Trump said that many jihadists were still in Kurdish custody, while stressing that he held Ankara responsible for their fate. "If the Kurds do not watch them, it will be Turkey. They do not want, like us, these people to be released, " he said.

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