The Iraqi army has deployed forces along the eastern border with Syria, particularly in the Euphrates River region, in an effort to prevent the infiltration of ISIS terrorists who reportedly escaped from prisons in Syria following recent military operations by the Syrian army.
According to Iraqi security sources, the deployment is aimed at sealing off crossing routes commonly used by terrorist operatives attempting to move between eastern Syria and western Iraq, an area that has long served as a corridor for ISIS activity.
The Syrian army announced that it succeeded in capturing 81 ISIS operatives out of 120 who escaped from Al-Shaddadi prison in northeastern Syria during the recent fighting. Syrian authorities said search and pursuit operations are ongoing in nearby rural areas to locate the remaining fugitives.
However, Kurdish sources strongly dispute the Syrian army’s figures. Kurdish officials claim that the number of ISIS terrorists who escaped is far higher, estimating that around 1,500 operatives fled Al-Shaddadi prison as well as other detention facilities amid the chaos of the military clashes.
