Europeans were among 150 senior Islamic State group detainees transferred this week by the US military from Kurdish custody in Syria to Iraq, whose premier urged EU countries to repatriate their nationals.

U.S.-backed SDF forces and the Syrian government have traded blame over the escape Monday of ISIS members from the Shaddedeh prison on the border with Iraq.

Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north.

As fighting in north-eastern Syria between government forces and Kurdish fighters was easing, concerns were growing on Wednesday about an escalation in neighbouring Iraq. Troops of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government have captured territory held by the the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),

The United States said it launched an operation Wednesday that could move thousands of Islamic State group jihadists from Syria to Iraq, as Syrian and Kurdish-led forces traded accusations of

The near collapse of the U.S.’s Kurdish allies has prompted the Pentagon to question the benefits of stationing troops in Syria.