The U.S. military said it has transferred 150 and could eventually move as many as 7,000 Islamic State fighters out of prisons in Syria’s northeast to Iraq, as the Syrian government wrestles for control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.

​The U.S. military said it has transferred 150 and could eventually move as many as 7,000 Islamic State fighters out of prisons in Syria’s northeast to Iraq, as the Syrian government wrestles for control of the region from Kurdish-led forces. NYT > World NewsTerrorism, War and Armed Conflicts, United States Defense and Military Forces, International Relations, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Syrian Democratic Forces, al-Shara, Ahmed (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) (1982- ), Iraq, Syria