B’Tselem said its findings were based on the testimonies of 21 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent months and on the work of Israeli and international human rights organisations that monitor prisons. About 9,200 Palestinians are estimated to be held in Israeli prisons.

The Syrian military has announced a new four-day ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after a previous agreement fell through.

Chaos around prisons holding ISIS detainees in Syria is highlighting security risks for U.S. forces in the region.

Some 120 Islamic State terrorists escaped from a prison in northeastern Syria as Damascus’s forces wrestled for control of the detention camps from Kurdish militias.

New four-day ceasefire comes after Syrian military accused SDF guards of abandoning a camp housing thousands of families with ties to ISIS, allowing detainees to escape

Western officials have described the prisoners as a 'terror army' in waiting, with concerns about where they will go if freed.