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The United States is protecting Daesh’s foreign fighters in an underground prison in Syria’s north. Sources from al-Hasakah revealed that Washington transformed an old school into a facility for top foreign Daesh terrorists.
The terrorists previously held at different points are brought to the large facility in Ayn Issa.
The facility consists of two sections, one underground and one on ground level.
The State Department’s coordinator for counterterrorism said Thursday that he has alerted his foreign counterparts to focus on the PKK terror group along with Daesh and al-Qaeda."Every opportunity I have, I raise with foreign counterparts the need not just to focus on ISIS [Daesh] and Al Qaeda but on the full spectrum of terrorist groups, including Iran-backed groups, Hezbollah and also the PKK," Ambassador Nathan A. Sales said during a panel at Washington-based think tank the German Marshall Fund.Describing Washington’s stance on the PKK as "very clear", Sales emphasized that the U.S. had designated the PKK as a terrorist organization way back in 1997."It was actually one of the first organizations that we ever designated along with Hezbollah and Hamas. That’s the company the PKK keeps in the U.S.’ mind," he added.During his speech, Sales also drew attention to the PKK's financing activities, saying the U.S. is doing its best to inhibit the terror group's fundraising efforts in the country."We are also working with other countries that haven’t taken a robust approach to counter the PKK's financing and facilitation," he said.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK has taken some 40,000 lives, including those of women and children.Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, it resumed its armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015.Since then, it has been responsible for the deaths of more than 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians.
US encouraging its allies to focus on PKK terror group
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There are two units on ground level, including living quarters for guards among various prison facilities.
The basement has been expanded and consists of questioning rooms and prison cells.
All officials working at the facility are Americans, and Washington has told locals that the prison is a “military facility.”
Turkish warplanes destroyed PKK terror targets in northern Iraq as part of an anti-terror operation, the military said on Friday.In a statement, Turkish General Staff said an airstrike was conducted in Avasin-Basyan, Zap and Hakurk regions on Thursday.Weapon emplacements and shelters used by terrorists were destroyed in the airstrike during the operation, the statement added.The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.
Turkish jets destroy PKK terror targets in N Iraq
Witnesses have seen Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) terrorists enter the facility, which is protected by tower-type surveillance stations, cameras and thick walls dubbed the T-Wall system.
The BBC reported in mid-November 2017 that a deal was struck between Daesh and the SDF, a U.S.-backed force that consists largely of PKK/PYD terrorists, to allow 250 Daesh terrorists and 3,500 of their family members to flee on Oct. 12.