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The Feb. 3 killing of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi in a U.S. Special Forces raid comes amid concerns the ruthless terrorist movement once considered defeated is reconstituting. ISIS executed 2,705 acts of terrorism last year, leaving of 8,147
On Jan. 20, 2021, groups affiliated with ISIS attacked al-Sina Prison in the southern part of the city of al-Hasakah, in Syria’s far northeast. The attack, which lasted for nearly nine days, ended with the killing of dozens of ISIS fighters and detainees inside the prison, in addition to approximately 140 members of the SDF and its prison guards.
Kurdish-led forces in charge of jails in north-east Syria housing about 10,000 men with alleged links to the Islamic State (IS) group are releasing prisoners in exchange for money under a “reconciliation” scheme, according to interviews with two freed men and official documents.
Syrian men imprisoned without trial can pay a US$8,000 fine to be freed, a copy of the release form showed.
As part of the deal, the released prisoners sign a declaration promising not to rejoin any armed organizations, and to leave the parts of north and east Syria under control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
On their release,