Analysis: With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Concerns about re-eruption of instability of the past decade have begun to rise following fresh clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who is the current interim president of Syria. These concerns are not merely about the security consequences of these two groups near the Iraqi borders. These consequences become more serious when we know that recent reports talked about 1,500 ISIS fighters escaping Al-Shaddadi prison in Syria’s Hasakah province.