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Kurdish-led forces say they have regained control of prison in Syria's Hasaka

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The Syrian Democratic Forces said they had regained control of a prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka days after it was attacked by Islamic State fighters.

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BBC News

Kurdish-led forces say they have retaken Syrian prison seized by IS

All IS militants inside the jail have surrendered after six days of fierce fighting, the SDF says.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Kurdish forces retake prison from Islamic State after six-day siege

The attack on the Kurdish-run prison in Syria was the jihadists’ most high-profile stand since 2019Up to 2,000 Islamic State inmates who had overrun a Syrian prison have surrendered to their Kurdish captors, ending a six-day siege that marked the terror group’s most dramatic stand since the collapse of its so called caliphate nearly three years ago.The peaceful finale to the standoff on Wednesday was at odds with its bloody beginnings when up to…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Syrian Kurds retake prison, ending six-day Islamic State attack

The brazen Islamic State jailbreak attempt and ensuing clashes left more than 180 dead in the jihadists’ most high-profile military operation since the loss of their “caliphate” nearly three years ago.

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

U.S.-backed Syrian forces capture prison from Islamic State after a week

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said they wrestled control of the last section of a prison controlled by Islamic State militants, ending a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the largest detention facilities in Syria.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Kurdish-led forces say they have regained control of prison in Syria's Hasaka

BEIRUT/AMMAN - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained full control of al-Sina'a prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasaka on Wednesday, spokesman Farhad Shami said in a tweet, a week after a breakout by Islamic State prisoners left dozens dead. He said all remaining Islamic State militants had surrendered hours after 500 had given themselves up following clashes in

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

US-backed Syrian forces capture prison from IS after a week

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said they wrestled control of the last section of a prison controlled by Islamic State militants, ending a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the largest detention facilities in Syria.

2 years ago·United States

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