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The Iraqi government is raising concerns about the risk of thousands of ISIS detainees escaping.
They were transferred to Iraq last month by U.S.
forces from Syria.
Officials say there were six attacks Saturday on the Baghdad airport compound,
where the prisoners are now being held.
NPR's Jaina Raff reports.
The U.S.
military transported more than 5,000 accused ISIS fighters from northeastern Syria to Baghdad in March.
That's when Syrian Kurdish forces were in danger of losing control of the prisons after Syrian government forces advanced and took over Kurdish-held territory.
Iran and Iran-backed militias in Iraq have been attacking the airport in retaliation for U.S.
attacks on Iran and its proxies.
Iraq's Justice Ministry says some of the strikes Saturday landed very close to the prison,
and it's concerned about the security of the facility.
Jaina Raff, NPR News in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Major oil importing nations are cautiously reacting to President Trump's request that they send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz,
which Iran has largely closed.
So far, the United Kingdom has given the U.S.
only limited assistance as the war enters its third week.
But the British Minister for Energy Security, Ed Miliband,