KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Mourners gathered in Kobani for the funeral of at least seven people killed in a prison fire and riot. The unrest reportedly began over plans to transfer inmates to Aleppo during tensions between Kurdish authorities and…
Mazlum Abdi, an advisor to the Syrian Presidency, stated that an independent and transparent investigation should be launched into the fire at Kobani Prison, which resulted in the deaths of 9 prisoners and injuries to 17 others. Abdi called for the perpetrators to be punished.