Syria’s Islamic State problem

Syria’s Islamic State problem

Members of Islamic State have escaped from Syrian prison camps, renewing fears that the country’s fledgling government is struggling to contain thousands of militant prisoners and their relatives, including British-born Shamima Begum.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-dominated militia that runs many prison camps in northeast Syria, said they had to abandon the notoriously volatile al-Hol camp earlier this week. Syrian government forc…