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IS prisoners brought to Iraq from Syria integrated at prison facility in Baghdad

(12 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad, Iraq - 12 February 2026 1. Wide of entrance to al Karkh Central Prison 2. Various of prisoners sitting in guarded corridor 3. Close of uniform reading (Arabic) "Iraqi Reform Department" 4. Tilt down of corridor 5. Various of handcuffed prisoners 6. Various of prisoners inside medical centre 7. Various of prisoners taken to cells 8. Close of sign outside cells 9. Various of prisoner in interview STORYLINE: Inside a heavily guarded detention facility in Baghdad, men from scores of different countries and nationalities have been brought one after another into interrogation rooms and questioned by Iraqi officers. The prisoners are suspected members of the militant Islamic State group recently transferred from Syria to Iraq at the request of Baghdad — a move welcomed by the U.S.-led coalition that had for years fought against IS. Over a period of several weeks, the U.S. military escorted more than 5,000 IS detainees from 60 different nationalities from prisons in northeastern Syria run by the U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, to Baghdad. The transfers have helped calm fears that the fighting in Syria would allow the IS prisoners to flee from detention camps there and join militant sleeper cells that even to this day are able to stage attacks in both Iraq and Syria. On Thursday, The Associated Press was given rare access to the sprawling detention facility in western Baghdad — now known as Al-Karkh Central Prison but more widely known as Camp Cooper after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein — where the men are being interrogated. The interrogations are usually a staggered affair — the men were brought in batches, handcuffed, in yellow or brown uniforms and wearing medical facemasks, and taken into a long corridor. One by one they are then taken into interrogation rooms, where they sit on a chair as an officer takes down their information. From behind a small window, the AP could observe the questioning but not discern the questions or the detainnees' answers. It wasn't clear if the prisoners were under duress. Some of the prisoners are taken to the medical center for a checkup. The forces of Syria's new government that in December 2024 ousted strongman Bashar Assad launched an offensive in January, capturing wide swaths of territory from the Kurdish-led SDF. A ceasefire was later reached, ending the fight and the SDF withdrew as part of the agreement. At the time, the United States announced that many of the nearly 9,000 detainees held in more than a dozen Syrian detention centers will be transferred to Iraq. So far, 5,383 IS suspects have been brought to Iraq. AP video by Ali Jaber =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...