{"id":1774,"date":"2025-01-08T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/turkey-ready-to-take-over-prisons-holding-isis-members-in-syria-fidan-says\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:32:49","slug":"turkey-ready-to-take-over-prisons-holding-isis-members-in-syria-fidan-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/turkey-ready-to-take-over-prisons-holding-isis-members-in-syria-fidan-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey ready to take over prisons holding ISIS members in Syria, Fidan says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1258067\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/reuters-hakan_fidan-320x200.jpg?v=1719260656\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/reuters-hakan_fidan.jpg?v=1719260656\" alt=\"Turkey ready to take over prisons holding ISIS members in Syria, Fidan says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/reuters-hakan_fidan-960x600.jpg?v=1719260656\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated on Tuesday that his country is ready to take control of prisons where members of the so-called \u201cIslamic State\u201d (ISIS) are held in Syria.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf others cannot handle (the prisons), we will take control of them as Turkey with our soldiers,\u201d Fidan said during an interview with CNN Turk. \u201cWe are ready to do this as Turkey,\u201d he added, emphasizing that he is following the directives given to him by Turkish President Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Around a dozen such prisons, holding several thousand detainees in total, are located in northern Syria in areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). 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