{"id":60524,"date":"2017-08-29T18:29:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/29\/lebanons-negotiated-isis-evacuation-angers-many\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:14:56","slug":"lebanons-negotiated-isis-evacuation-angers-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/08\/29\/lebanons-negotiated-isis-evacuation-angers-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon’s negotiated ISIS evacuation angers many"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEIRUT \u2014 Buses carrying hundreds of Islamic State militants and their families arrived in eastern Syria on Tuesday following a negotiated evacuation from the Lebanon-Syria border, where the U.S.-backed Lebanese army deployed for the first time in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evacuation agreement, the first such publicized deal concluded with the extremist group, angered many Iraqis, who accused Syria and Hezbollah of dumping the militants on the Iraqi border rather than eradicating them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 600 militants were allowed to leave as part of a deal, negotiated by Hezbollah, in exchange for identifying the location of the remains of Lebanese soldiers captured by ISIS in 2014 and later killed. The deal also provoked controversy in Lebanon, as some have voiced opposition to negotiations with the militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny deals or understandings between the warring parties inside Syria or in the region must take into consideration the security of Iraq and not to lead to anything that poses any threat to our national security,\u201d the Iraqi government spokesman, Saad al-Hadithi, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al-Hadithi said the Iraqi government \u201cwill firmly face any threat to Iraqi territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t