Trump urges Syria’s president to take over ISIS prisons from terrorist PKK/YPG

By Seda Sevencan and Zehra Nur Celik

ISTANBUL / US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to assume responsibility for ISIS (Daesh) detention centers in northeastern Syria that are under the control of the terrorist group PKK/YPG, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced on X.

The call came during Trump’s meeting with al-Sharaa at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as part of a Gulf-US summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also joined the meeting virtually.