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Fighting between Kurdish-led Syrian fighters and Syrian government forces last week has threatened the security of ISIS prisons and detention camps.
A ceasefire expired Saturday night.
But now the two sides have renewed it for 15 days.
Syria's defense ministry said it would allow the U.S.
to move some of what it considers the most potentially dangerous ISIS prisoners to neighboring Iraq.
Tens of thousands of ISIS fighters and families have been held for years without being charged with the crime.
Fighting between Kurdish-led Syrian fighters and Syrian government forces last week has threatened the security of ISIS prisons and detention camps.
A ceasefire expired Saturday night.
But now the two sides have renewed it for 15 days.
Syria's defense ministry said it would allow the U.S.
to move some of what it considers the most potentially dangerous ISIS prisoners to neighboring Iraq.
Tens of thousands of ISIS fighters and families have
have been held for years without being charged with a crime in northeastern Syria.
The Syrian military said Saturday it planned to push Kurdish forces out of Tabqa military airport.
in northern Syria, calling it a base for a Turkish Kurdish group it calls terrorists.
It's the same accusation leveled by Turkey, which backed Syrian opposition fighters, who later became the backbone of Syrian government forces.
The US fought alongside the Syrian Kurdish forces to defeat ISIS in Syria six years ago.