Thousands of ISIS fighters are being held by Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria, but the Turkish assault threatens the security of the detention centers there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern that Turkey's invasion of northeastern Syria might allow dangerous Islamic State militants to flee Kurdish detention.
Speaking at a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States council of heads of state in Turkmenistan, Putin noted there remain"active militants" loyal to ISIS in northern Syria, state news agencyTurkey's assault is designed to clear Kurdish-led forces from a buffer zone on the Turkish-Syrian border.
He cited intelligence from the Russian military which suggested there were hundreds, possibly thousands of militants in the region."It's a real threat to all of us," Putin said."Where will they go? Will they go deeper into Syria, to areas that no one controls, and then move to other countries of the region via Iran?"
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