US-backed SDF hands over 150 militants to Iraq as part of agreement


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 21-02-2019 13:54 IST | Created: 21-02-2019 13:32 IST
US-backed SDF hands over 150 militants to Iraq as part of agreement
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  • Country:
  • Iraq
  • Syrian Arab Republic

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces handed over more than 150 Iraqi and other foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq on Thursday, two Iraqi military sources told Reuters. The handover was the first of several, the sources said, under an agreement brokered to hand over a total of 502 fighters. 

(With inputs from agencies.)

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