CENTRAL NEWS – Doubts still surrounds the position of the international community in dealing with the file of prisoners and families of ISIS mercenaries in northern and eastern Syria. The international community provided military support to eliminate ISIS, but it did not supplement this support with another form of support.
After the Syrian Democratic Forces liberated the town of Al-Baghuz in Deir ez-Zor on March 23, 2019, the international community did not provide any tangible assistance to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. Despite the repeated demands of the Autonomous Administration, the Syrian Democratic Forces and various political and social circles in north and east Syria for the necessity of solving the ISIS dilemma, the international community continues to disregard the fears of the people.
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syrian (AANES) has repeated on more than one occasion that ISIS is an international problem. AANES insists on two basic demands, the first of which is the establishment of an international court to prosecute mercenaries, and the second one is the return of mercenary nationals to their countries.
ISIS launched the largest attack on the Al-Sinaa prison on January 20 of this year since the victory over it was declared by the Syrian Democratic Forces in 2019.
On the 28th of last March, cells belonging to ISIS mercenaries attacked an internal security forces patrol in Al-Hol camp, south of Al-Hasakah canton.
In turn, the notable of the Al-Sharabain clan, and a member of the notables body in northern and eastern Syria, Muhammad Al-Obaid, reiterated the same concerns, considering keeping the mercenaries’ file pending “a great danger to the peoples of the region and their future,” and added, “There are terrorist attacks and the movement of ISIS cells every period, if any. in al-Hol camp or through attempts to target prisons, as happened in al-Sina’a prison in al-Hasakah.”
He added: “In every attack, our military forces and our sons are targeted, in addition to civilians, which negatively affects the stability of the region and and constitutes a great financial burden on the Autonomous Administration.”
For his part, the head of the Religious Council in al-Hasakah canton, Muhammad Rashid Abdul Aziz, called on the international community to find a solution to the dilemma of ISIS mercenaries and their families, saying: “The only solution is either to return them to their countries or try them in international courts in northern and eastern Syria, and to support the Autonomous Administration with financial support and morale in order to maintain the security of the country, and to combat the cells.”
