The Latest: Iraqi PM: Camp with IS suspects holds many Turks

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. Al-Abadi says he is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region’s planned referendum results in violence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. Al-Abadi says he is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region’s planned referendum results in violence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

By Associated Press September 16, 2017 2 min read

BAGHDAD (AP) – The Latest from the AP’s exclusive interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (all times local):

7:30 p.m.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Turkish nationals make up half of the more than 1,300 women and children being held in a camp near Mosul for suspected links to the Islamic State group.

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, al-Abadi says many of those detained are not guilty of any crime and his government is “in full communication” with their home counties “to try and find a way to hand them over.”

So far, al-Abadi said, Iraq only has repatriated fewer than 100 people.