US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat

BEIRUT – The U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago warned Saturday that the extremists still pose grave risks all over the arena and known as at the international neighborhood to search out answers for hundreds of warring parties still held in its jails.

The commentary via the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to mark the 5th anniversary since IS misplaced the closing sliver of its self-declared caliphate got here hours after the group claimed accountability for Friday’s attack in Moscow that left 133 folks useless.

On March 23, 2019, SDF warring parties captured the japanese Syrian village of Baghouz marking the tip of the extremist group’s caliphate that was once carved out of enormous portions of Syria and Iraq. During its rule, IS brutalized tens of millions of folks and attracted hundreds of men and women from around the world to sign up for it ranks.

“The liberation of Baghouz marked a pivotal moment. Our forces freed millions from the organization’s terror, safeguarding not only our region but the world from its barbarity,” the SDF mentioned.

Despite its defeat, IS sleeper cells and its associates in Asia and Africa still declare fatal assaults in addition to in Syria and neighboring Iraq the place the extremists have been defeated in 2017.

“The terrorist organization still poses a great danger to our regions and the world,” the SDF mentioned, including that “it seeks to rebuild itself through its sleeper cells and tries to revive its dreams of regaining geographical control over some areas.”

The SDF mentioned that with the intention to utterly eliminate IS it should dismantle “its ideological breeding ground.”

The SDF is keeping some 10,000 captured IS fighters in northeast Syria in round two dozen detention amenities — together with 2,000 foreigners whose house international locations have refused to repatriate them. U.S.-backed Kurdish warring parties additionally oversee some 45,000 members of the family of IS warring parties, mostly women and children within the sprawling al-Hol camp. The camp as soon as had a inhabitants of 73,000 however dropped as some international locations had been repatriating their electorate.

Many of the ladies and youngsters (*5*), and the camp has observed bouts of militant violence. In February, the SDF concluded a dayslong safety operation at al-Hol all over which they detained 85 folks, captured guns and freed a Yazidi woman who was once raped and compelled to marry IS warring parties.

“The issue of ISIS detainees requires a global solution,” the SDF mentioned, the use of a time period to discuss with IS. It added that their house international locations will have to repatriate their nationals, or an international court established in northeast Syria the place they are able to stand trial.

The SDF mentioned that finishing the case of IS households at al-Hol camp “is a priority that cannot be overlooked or ignored, as the camp is still a ticking time bomb.”

“Concerns are growing about the children of ISIS who are receiving the organization’s teachings within this terrorist-infested environment,” it mentioned.

“This in itself poses a threat to the future of the region and the world,” the SDF mentioned.