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2026-02-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US thwarted near-catastrophic prison break of 6,000 ISIS fighters in Syria

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-19 00:39|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1856 views ] Top
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1 Nobody suggested just killing them all in Syria?

Posted by Airandee 2026-02-19 06:26|| 2026-02-19 06:26|| Front Page Top

2 I'm sure that went through the minds of not a few rank and file folks, Airandee.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-02-19 07:36|| 2026-02-19 07:36|| Front Page Top

3 I was the rank and file and boy did that thought go through my mind.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-02-19 08:44|| 2026-02-19 08:44|| Front Page Top

4 Iraq is going to keep them secure? That's comforting...

Posted by Mercutio 2026-02-19 09:01|| 2026-02-19 09:01|| Front Page Top

5 A little salty, maybe, Darth but I wouldn't say rank.

Posted by Grusomp and Tenille2951 2026-02-19 13:38|| 2026-02-19 13:38|| Front Page Top

6 With Syria now run by HTS/AQI/ISIS (who only disagree on who among them is the most pious in following 'the book') all those would be released. By taking them to Iraq (basically run by IRGC) they will not be well taken care of by the shia. Or let them loose?

Shoulda let them loose to walk 300 miles across the desert like the Turks did the the Assyrians/Syriacs driving them south intom the wastelands south of Deir Ez Zour.

Posted by ARAMCOBrat58 2026-02-19 17:04|| 2026-02-19 17:04|| Front Page Top

7 pretty sure over half of the ISIS detainees are of Iraqi origin and Iraq is motivated to take care of them without much gentleness

interesting thing is several hundred are of EU origin and Iraq would like the countries of origin to take them back

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-02-19 19:36|| 2026-02-19 19:36|| Front Page Top

8 all those would be released

Now that it’s consolidating its conquest of Syria, HTS has been absorbing those turbans interested into the military and paramilitary units, I believe. They were content to leave the rest in the Kurd prison camps, to absorb Kurdish funds and manpower guarding.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-19 20:30|| 2026-02-19 20:30|| Front Page Top

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