SDF Frees ISIL's Notorious Commander From Raqqa Jail

TEHRAN (defapress)- A senior ISIL commander has been released from a prison of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Raqqa province amid large-scale release of the terrorists from SDF jails in Eastern Euphrates.

News ID: 76231

Date: 16 March 2019 - 16:00

The SDF has released at least 307 ISIL terrorists from its prisons in Raqqa, Hasaka, Ain Issa and other areas in Eastern Euphrates, media activists said.

The activists, meantime, confirmed that a senior ISIL commander nom du guerre Hais al-Salman has been among the freed ISIL terrorists.

They noted that Hais has formerly been an ISIL police chief in the town of Khasham in Eastern Deir Ezzur, and said, "Hais has played an important role in the massacre of civilians and seizure of their properties."

In a relevant development earlier this month, media reports said that around 300 ISIL terrorists had been released from the prisons of the Syrian Democratic Forces in areas under SDF's control after the US-led coalition and the Kurdish forces reached an agreement with the militants on exit of the latter from there.

The London-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the SDF and Asayesh security forces have released 283 ISIL terrorists from SDF prisons in the city of Hasaka and the town of Ain Issa in Raqqa province.

The SOHR claimed that the jailed ISIL terrorists have been released after mediations by some tribesmen.

But field sources reported that a wave of anger has started in Eastern Euphrates over the freedom of ISIL terrorists.

The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper also reported that the US-led coalition and SDF fighters have reached an agreement with the ISIL on exit of the terrorists from the region under their occupation in Eastern Syria.

In a relevant development late last month, pro-militant media said that tens of ISIL terrorists were transferred to the US base in Deir Ezzur and the American forces have evacuated family members of ISIL ringleader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and other senior commanders from the Eastern parts of the province.

The SOHR reported that over 700 people, including 40 ISIL militants, a large number of them from Turkistani and Asian origins, left Eastern Deir Ezzur on 15 trucks belonging to the SDF.

It added that the ISIL members have been transferred to the US-led coalition's base in Deir Ezzur, noting that 51,750 people with different nationalities have been evacuated from the region so far.

Meantime, the Arabic-language Baghdad al-Youm quoted a local Iraqi source as saying that the SDF has transferred 21 families of ISIL militants, including the family members of al-Baghdadi, from Baqouz region in Eastern Deir Ezzur to an unknown place after an agreement with the US forces.

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