Overview
- Coalition members said they stand ready to work directly with Damascus after Syria joined the 90-nation effort and took part in the Riyadh meeting.
- The U.S. military began relocating some of the roughly 9,000 ISIS detainees from northeast Syria to secure facilities in Iraq last month.
- Officials praised Iraq for taking custody of transferred detainees, with Iraqi authorities beginning investigations into arrivals.
- Coalition statements urged third countries to repatriate their nationals from al-Hol and Roj and emphasized dignified reintegration, noting Syria’s late-January takeover of al-Hol.
- The United States welcomed a ceasefire between Damascus and the SDF that includes folding SDF forces into the national army, as Syrian government units moved into parts of al-Hasakah and reviewed key sites in Qamishli.