ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) announced on Monday that a court has initiated “investigative procedures” regarding nearly 1,400 Islamic State (ISIS) suspects recently transferred from neighboring Syria.
“The First Karkh Investigative Court announced that it has begun investigative procedures with 1,387 members of the ISIS terrorist organization who were recently received from detainees held in Syrian territory,” said the SJC in a statement.
“Under the direct supervision of the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, investigations have commenced through a number of judges specialized in counterterrorism. The procedures for dealing with the detainees will be carried out within the approved legal and humanitarian frameworks, in line with national laws and international standards,” it added.
As per the agreement between Iraq and the US, at least 7,000 ISIS prisoners will be transferred from Kurdish-held prisons in northeast Syria (Rojava) after Washington ended the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) role in the global coalition to defeat ISIS and shifted its support to the interim government in Damascus.