Kurdish-Led Force Relinquishes Control Over ISIS Prison Camp in Syria

The Kurds had fought with the Syrian interim government over control of multiple facilities housing ISIS prisoners.

U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters stand on their vehicles, as they withdraw from two neighbourhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo as part of a deal with the Syrian central government, in Aleppo, Syria, on April 4, 2025. Ghaith Alsayed/AP Photo

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on Jan. 23, handed Syria’s de facto interim government control of a prison facility used to house ISIS suspects.

“With the help of the international coalition, we have completed the process of transporting our fighters tasked with protecting the Al-Aqtan prison in Raqqa, which houses ISIS terrorist detainees, to safe locations,” the SDF said in a statement shared to Telegram.