US EditionSDF Loses Control of IS Prison in Syria Amid Clashes with Government Forces
About 1,500 Islamic State detainees escaped amid clashes after a disputed transfer of prison control between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces, the Syrian Interior Ministry said.
- On Tuesday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdrew guards from al-Hol camp, citing redeployment amid clashes with Syrian government forces and rising threats in northern Syria.
- Under a deal announced Sunday, government forces were to take over prisons from the SDF but the transfer did not go smoothly, sparking clashes Monday around Shaddadeh and other prisons.
- Sheikhmous Ahmad told The Associated Press that al-Hol holds about 24,000 people, including about 14,500 Syrians, nearly 3,000 Iraqis and about 6,500 in the annex, while Syria's interior ministry said 120 escapees fled Shaddadeh prison Monday and 81 were recaptured.
- Syria's defense ministry said it is prepared to take over al-Hol and accused the SDF of using camps as `bargaining chips` to `sow chaos and destabilize the region`, while the U.S. monitors the situation.
- Earlier this month, the withdrawal represented a major blow to SDF autonomy, which held about 9,000 IS members in prisons as government forces seized Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces.
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‘Chaos’ as Kurdish-Led Forces Stop Guarding Camp for ISIS Families
Kurdish forces withdrew on Tuesday from a vast detention camp that houses tens of thousands of family members of Islamic State fighters as tensions with the government grew over who controls northeastern Syria, according to Kurdish and government officials. The Syrian Democratic Forces, or S.D.F., is led by Kurds and has controlled Al Hol camp for more than a decade. It said it had been forced to redeploy troops to nearby areas. The Syrian gover…
Syrian Military Accuses Kurdish Forces of Allowing IS-Linked Detainees to Escape from al-Hol Camp
The Syrian military claimed that guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had abandoned a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, allowing the detainees to escape.
The Syrian government arrested 81 Jihadists who had fled a prison. The authorities claimed that they were the Syrian Democratic Forces that freed the prisoners associated with the Islamic State.
In Syria, ISIS prisoners escape because of fighting between government troops and militias of the autonomy government. The ceasefire is becoming more and more in danger.
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