More than 100 ISIS prisoners have escaped to Syria since the beginning of the Turkish offensive against the Kurds in the north of the country, according to indications from a senior US official. James Jeffrey even thinks "their number is now greater than 100". But before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, this US envoy to Syria admits: "We do not know where they are."
Prisons remain a priority
On October 9, Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters, allied with Washington and Westerners in the fight against the Islamic State group, causing concern among many countries about the fate of thousands of foreign jihadists detained in camps. they controlled. "Almost all the prisons that the Syrian Democratic Forces were guarding are still secure," said James Jeffrey. "We are watching this as best we can, we still have people in Syria working with the Syrian Democratic Forces," he says, "and one of the priorities is these prisons."
Turkey said Tuesday night that it will not resume its military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, as they have withdrawn from the border areas.