Turkey and the Kurds must not let ISIS militants escape from Syrian prisons – Trump

US President Donald Trump said Turkey and the Kurds must not let the Islamic State militants escape from the Syrian prisons.

“The US has the worst of the ISIS prisoners. Turkey and the Kurds must not let them escape. Europe should have taken them back after numerous requests. They should do it now. They will never come to, or be allowed in, the United States!”, Trump said on Twitter.

On October 10, Trump confirmed that the US had taken the 2 ISIS militants Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh tied to beheadings in Syria out of that country and into a secure location controlled by the U.S. It was noted that the American sides plans to take the two terrorists to the US to bring them to justice, TASS reported.

On October 9 Turkey launched an offensive in Syria’s north east.

The operation started with airstrikes on the positions of the Kurdish units.