British ISIS fighters face being executed in Iraq
British ISIS fighters could face execution in Iraq after their evacuation from Syria by the US military.
About 100,000 Islamic State members have been held in detainment camps guarded by Kurdish forces in Syria after their native countries refused to allow them back in.
Some of these are foreign nationals, who will be amongst the thousands of suspected terrorists moved to Iraq, The Telegraph reported.
In the last seven years, Iraq has executed hundreds of people for affiliation with the terror group under its strict anti-terrorism laws.
According to human rights organisation Reprieve, at least ten British-born men were being held in ISIS prisons in Syria. Most of them have been stripped of their UK citizenship.
Reprieve says these British prisoners are at risk of torture and execution, without an opportunity to contest the allegations against them.
Meanwhile, around 55 other Brits or former British citizens are also being held in detainment camps, including Shamima Begum who left London to join ISIS in 2015.
Roughly half of them are believed to be children.
The Syrian army deploys security personnel to Al-Hawl refugee camp, where families of ISIS, mostly women and children, are being held
Shamima Begum who left London to join ISIS in 2015 is being held in a detainment camp
SDF forces gather outside of Derik, also known as Al-Malikiyah, Syria
The camps have now been caught in the middle of a Syrian military offensive into areas dominated by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Although the US previously backed the SDF in their fight against the Islamic State, the Wall Street Journal reported it is now considering withdrawing its 1,000 troops following the crumbling state of its Kurdish allies.
The ongoing clashes have led to security breaches at the centres, including in the Al-Hol prison camp where suspected ISIS wives rioted and tore down the fence before escaping.
Video footage shared on social media showed dozens of women, all wearing black burqas, emerging from the camp after they knocked down the fencing.
Another clip appears to show the camp's female residents shouting and throwing rocks at a military truck.
Videos shared on social media showed dozens of women, all wearing black burqas, emerging from the camp after they knocked down the fencing
Syrian government forces ride on the roof of a vehicle
The US military transferred 150 of the most dangerous militants in captivity to Iraq on Wednesday, and is planning to move another 7,000.
They are reportedly becoming increasingly concerned that prisoners could return to Europe to carry out attacks.
Iraqi sources told Reuters that British-born detainees were among those evacuated.
They added that the biggest group are Iraqis followed by Arab fighters from different countries and then British, French, German, Belgian and Swedish nationals. There are also people from other EU countries.
Katherine Cornett from Reprieve told The Telegraph that American plans to move 7,000 detainees 'would account for all the male prisoners previously detained by the SDF, including a handful of British nationals.'
She added there is no way to know how may Brits there actually are, 'because they have been held in dark prisons for years.'
A view from Al-Hawl refugee camp, where families of ISIS, mostly women and children, are being held
A view of Hol Camp, located in the south of Hasakah province, where families of ISIS, mostly women and children, are being held
Cornett, who serves as the deputy director of the organisation, criticised the British Government amid the recent chaos at the camps.
'It was warned, over and over again, that refusing to repatriate British nationals was a far greater security risk than bringing them home to face prosecution – but it refused to listen,' she said.
'The sheer negligence of this shameful refusal to take responsibility has now been exposed.'
