Islamic State attacks prison in Syria, frees militants, says war monitor group

According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Islamic State group attacked a Kurdish-run jail in northeast Syria on Thursday, freeing fellow jihadists.

The Islamic State group attacked a Kurdish-run jail in northeast Syria on Thursday, freeing fellow jihadists, a war monitor reported without specifying how many escaped.

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces confirmed the rare attack in a statement but did not mention any prisoners fleeing.