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Turkish FM: Syria ceasefire should hold during Daesh prisoner transfers to Iraq

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan emphasized on Friday that maintaining the fragile ceasefire in Syria is critical to safely transferring thousands of Daesh prisoners to Iraq.

Reuters WORLD
Published January 23,2026
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Türkiye's ⁠foreign minister said the current ceasefire ‍in Syria should remain ‌in ‍place while Daesh prisoners are transferred to Iraq, saying this would limit security risks.

Foreign Minister Hakan ⁠Fidan said in a televised interview that the truce between Syrian government forces ‌and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces was necessary to ‍prevent instability during ‍the transfer ‍process and ⁠to ‍avoid further destabilisation in northern and eastern Syria.