Syria, Iraq Agree to Form Committees to Review ISIS Detainee Cases – World news

The agreement was reached during talks between al-Wais and Faiq Zidan, head of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, who arrived in Damascus with a delegation, according to Iraq’s state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA).

“The issue of ISIS detainees was discussed, and technical and expert teams will be formed to examine the matter and reach mutually acceptable solutions,” al-Wais said.

“We will await the results of these committees and their work in the near future,” he said, pointing out that “there are promising steps in this direction that will contribute to achieving justice in this matter.”

Al-Wais urged coordination between the two sides in combating terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking, noting that Syria and Iraq share a border and face threats from “bloody terrorism.”

Earlier, Zidan arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus for talks on the ISIS terrorists.

Zidan said Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council was prepared to provide Syria with assistance in the judicial field.

“We support your efforts to rebuild the Syrian state in all areas,” Zidan said, according to INA, affirming the council’s “readiness to provide any assistance in the judicial field.”

For his part, al-Wais said relations between Iraq and Syria had developed, particularly in the economic and security fields.

“We look forward to greater judicial and legal cooperation between Baghdad and Damascus,” he said, adding that Syria was entering “a new phase centered on building a state of law and institutions.”

On Jan. 21, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the transfer of 150 ISIS terrorists from a detention facility in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province to Iraq as part of a plan to relocate 7,000 detainees.