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SDF Loses Control of IS Prison in Syria Amid Clashes with Government Forces
Clashes erupted after a ceasefire deal to hand prisons holding some 9,000 Islamic State detainees to the Syrian government, with dozens of SDF fighters killed or wounded.
- On Monday, about 120 Islamic State detainees escaped from al-Shaddadi prison in northeast Syria amid fighting, and Syrian forces reported recapturing 81 of them on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
- After a halted transfer of facilities, a Sunday deal for government forces to take over Syrian Democratic Forces prisons faltered as talks stalled and Mazloum Abdi, SDF chief commander, met in Damascus then signaled resistance.
- The Syrian forces and the government have traded blame over the prison escape, with the government saying tribal fighters affiliated with the army caused the loss of control at al-Shaddadi.
- Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa postponed a Germany trip as talks with Mazloum Abdi ended without agreement, and Sharaa spoke with Donald Trump amid the prison break crisis.
- The situation matters because the SDF holds around 9,000 IS suspects in more than a dozen prisons held for years without trial, and recent offensives seized Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces.
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Leaning Left31Leaning Right24Center26Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left
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C 32%
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