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Iraq Receives First Batch of Islamic State Detainees from Syria

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Baghdad, Jan 22 (IANS) Iraq has received the first 150 Islamic State (IS) detainees previously held in Syria’s prisons, the Iraqi authorities have announced.The detainees, identified as Iraqi and foreign nationals deeply involved in killing Iraqi civilians, were previously held in prisons under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to a statement by Sabah al-Numan, spokesperson for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces, on Wednesday (local time).They were handed over in coo…