3 years on geographical end of ISIS... SDF continues struggle, international community continues to tolerate

 The Syrian Democratic Forces ended the geographical presence of ISIS mercenaries, in the last pockets in which they were fortified in the town of Al-Baghouz, on the Syrian-Iraqi border on the 23rd of March 2019, but the file of ISIS mercenaries did not end with the end of its geographical presence, leaving occupation  vast areas of Syria and Iraq have a great legacy of extremism between detainees and the families of detained mercenaries.

 And yesterday, Wednesday, the General Command of the Syrian Democratic Forces, in a statement, criticized the international inaction in confronting ISIS, despite the danger posed by mercenaries to global security.

 During the successive campaigns of the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, thousands of ISIS mercenaries were arrested, and thousands of others surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces. According to previous reports, our agency numbered 19,000 mercenaries, among "Syrians, Iraqis and foreigners of 50 foreign nationalities."

 Their presence, as well as thousands of their families, in the "Al-Hol and Roj" camps constitute a concern for the peoples of the region, as the people of the region, including notables, intellectuals and politicians, see them as a "ticking bomb" that could harm the region at any moment, especially since the task of arresting and eliminating them cost the peoples of the region thousands of martyrs and wounded.

 Notables, politicians and intellectuals agreed in statements to our agency about the dangers of these people, especially after the mercenaries' attack on the Al-Sinaa prison in al-Hasakah, on the need for the international community to fulfill its obligations towards them.

 Others saw the need for the international community to provide economic and military support to the Autonomous Administration to confront the threat of extremism that has increased due to the chaos that has become afflicting the world.

 A member of the Civil Peace Council, Dr. Muhammad Khair Najari, stresses that the presence of mercenary detention centers and camps for ISIS families in northern and eastern Syria is the greatest danger, saying: "These are time bombs and a great burden on the Autonomous Administration, and the task of containing and taking them is  far from the region is the responsibility of the international community."

 He added: "These people come from more than 50 nationalities, and the United Nations must intervene and work on the file of these people, whether by deporting them to their countries, or by building detention camps for them away from residential areas and under international supervision, because the containment of such people requires a combination of international expertise in terms of military and technical  and material,” calling for the urgent need to find a solution.

 The Sheikh of the Arab Al-Hassoun clan, Talal Al-Hasnawi, confirmed that the danger of ISIS mercenaries still exists, with the continued presence of mercenaries in the detention centers of SDF without international support in their detention and trial, as well as with the presence of camps in north and east Syria without serious international action to evacuate their nationals.

 He said, "Everyone is fully aware of the seriousness of what is happening and will happen, if ISIS mercenaries and their families remain in northern and eastern Syria, and an example of this is what happened in the Ghweran neighborhood and the southern neighborhoods of Hasaka," referring to the recent attack of ISIS mercenary cells on January 20  Al-Sina’a prison in the Ghweran neighborhood, south of Hasaka, which contains 5,000 detainees of ISIS mercenaries.

 Stressing that the presence of these mercenaries in northern and eastern Syria is a matter of concern, he said: "The international community must evacuate its nationals, who hold foreign nationalities, and this is the least it can do, or prosecute them."

 He noted that the presence of ISIS mercenaries' detainees and their families is a cause for sedition and spreading panic among the people, "They have harmed us, and the international community and international forces must put an end to that."

 The well-known Sheikh Issa clan, Anwar Al-Nams, agreed with his predecessors that the forces and the international community should move seriously, because if the ISIS file remains as it is, the people of northern and eastern Syria are constantly concerned, saying: “The failure to resolve the file does not make us feel safe at all. The international community must act.  To find a radical solution to the file of these mercenaries and their families."

 In light of the continuous appeals from the societal segments in northern and eastern Syria, in addition to the appeals of the Autonomous Administration and the Syrian Democratic Forces, the head of the Office of Displaced and Refugees Affairs in the Autonomous Administration Sheikhmus Ahmed stressed the lack of tangible support from the community and international forces in supporting the administration, especially with regard to  Camps housing ISIS families.

 He again appeals to the international community, especially the European Union, to restore its nationals who are in the camps, as well as in detention centers, or to work to support the Autonomous Administration from a political and economic point of view, and to reopen the crossings so that the Autonomous Administration can overcome the difficulties and challenges it faces in light of the chaos that afflicted the international community  and the increase in the activity of terrorist organizations.

 A

 ANHA