Kurds in Syria ‘will release 15,000 ISIS prisoners’ if Turkey follows through on threat to attack them

MORE than 15,000 ISIS fanatics will be SET FREE if Turkey follows through on a threat to attack Kurds in Syria, officials have warned.

Kurdish leaders said their overstretched army can't repel a Turkish invasion and guard the prisoners the same time.

Politician Aldar Xelil said: "Either we will fight the Turks or guard the prisoners.

"We cannot do both together."

It comes after Turkish strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would "eliminate" the Kurdish army in Syria "very soon".

He vowed: "Turkey has the right to eliminate all threats against its national security.

"God willing, we will carry the process started with Afrin and Jarablus [previous offensives into Syria] to the next stage very soon."

Kurds have begged Western nations including the UK to ease pressure on them by accepting the return of jihadis who fled to join ISIS and are now in jail.

An estimated 15,000 foreigners with links to ISIS are being held by the Kurdish People's Protection Units.