According to media reports, after the fall of Assad large numbers of ISIS prisoners in Syria were relocated to stand trial in Iraq, while some of the organization’s foreign detainees were back to their countries of origin.
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Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
None of them has the authority under current law to pursue an investigation; that resource is limited to prisoners or legislators.
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