Dec. 30 (UPI) — U. S. forces and their local partners killed 686 ISIS suspects and arrested 374 in Iraq and Syria this year, U. S. Central Command said. The U. S. Department of Health and Prevention issued a press release.
The U. S. credits the Syrian Democratic Forces and Kurdish-led elements of the Free Syrian Army with the good fortune of joint operations opposed to ISIS, adding to the operation that killed ISIS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in October.
“Over the past year, the Iraqi security forces have demonstrated their ability to continue operations aimed at degrading ISIS, aggressively pursuing the terrorist organization in Iraq, and security and proficiency in Iraq,” the US commander said. . , General Michael “Erik” Kurilla. Central. Command, said Thursday.
The press also raised the factor of tens of thousands of ISIS suspects detained in Syria and Iraq.
“We have the possible next generation of ISIS. It is the more than 25,000 young people in al-Hol camp who are at risk. . . Foreign networks will have to work together to remove these young people from this environment by repatriating them to their homes. “countries or communities of origin while improving the situation in the camp,” Kurilla said.
U. S. counterterrorism operations U. S. states in Iraq and Syria get very little public scrutiny. A 2021 New York Times investigation of thousands of leaked military documents found that the army’s official civilian death toll of 1,417 killed in the U. S. anti-ISIS crusade was a major contributor. UU. es particularly lower than the actual casualty figures. .