Shavar Karimzadeh, Farzaneh Fasihi, Saba Ahmadi, Fariba Ghahremani

The United States transferred 5,700 detainees held for alleged ISIS affiliation from Northeast Syria to Iraq, where they are at risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, torture, ill-treatment, and violations of the right to life, Human Rights Watch said on February 17, 2026.