US captures ISIS leader who escaped detention facility in Syria

The United States has captured an ISIS leader who helped members of the terror group after they escaped from a detention facility in Syria, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). US forces working with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), captured the ISIS leader Khaled Ahmed al-Danda, who was assessed as helping ISIS fighters, after escape from a Raqqah Detention Facility in Syria, as per an official statement. “Over 9,000 ISIS detainees remain in over 20 SDF detention facilities in Syria, a literal and figurative ‘ISIS Army’ in detention,” Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander, US Central Command said. Gen Kurilla stated that if a large number of these ISIS fighters escaped, it would pose an extreme danger to the region and beyond. “We will continue to work with the international community to repatriate these ISIS fighters to their countries of origin for final adjudication,” he said. Previously, on August 29, five ISIS Foreign Terrorist Fighter detainees (two Russians, two Afghans, and one Libyan) had escaped from the Raqqah Detention Facility. The SDF recaptured two escapees- Imam Abdulwahed Akhwan (Russian) and Muhammad Noh Muhammad (Libyan). Three escapees Timor Talbrken Abdash (Russian) and Shuab Muhammad Al-Abdli and Atal Khaled Zar (both Afghans) remain at large, the US CENTCOM said