There remains the 'high impact risk of a mass breakout' of Islamic State prisoners from detention camps in Syria, according to a new U.S. government report.
pandemic prevented site survey teams from visiting potential detention-related construction sites, according to U.S. Central Command .
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces stands guard in a prison where men suspected to be affiliated with the Islamic State group are jailed in northeast Syria in the city of Hasakeh, Oct. 26, 2019. "Military solutions do not exist for the issues of de-radicalization and repatriation of ," McKenzie told Congress."They are international problems requiring international solutions."
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