US-backed Syrian forces capture prison from IS after a week
ABC News
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say they have wrestled control of the last section in a prison controlled by Islamic State militants, ending a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the largest detention facilities in Syria
BEIRUT -- 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.
The attack was the biggest by IS militants since the fall of the group’s “caliphate” in 2019. In the week of clashes, dozens from both sides have been killed, the U.S.-led coalition has carried out nearly a dozen airstrikes and thousands of civilians living nearby have been displaced.
“The whole prison is now under control,” said Farhad Shami, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
Shami said about 3,000 inmates have surrendered. It was not clear how many of them were minors.
