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US-backed Kurdish forces recapture Syrian prison days after ISIS attack
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By Hamdi Alkhshali, Kareem Khadder and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained control of a prison in northeast Syria where ISIS fighters launched an attack last week, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led alliance said Wednesday.
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Syrian-Kurdish Forces Retake Part of Prison Held by ISIS
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Kurds locked in tense Syria prison standoff with jihadists
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US-backed Kurdish forces recapture Syrian prison days after ISIS attack
US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around armed jihadists hunkering down inside a Syrian prison Tuesday, with both sides facing a bloodbath or
US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around armed jihadists hunkering down inside a Syrian prison Tuesday, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff.
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Kurdish forces advanced Wednesday inside a Syrian prison where Islamic State group fighters have been holed up with minors for six days, amid pleas for international assistance to contain a jihadist…
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Kareem Khadder and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained control of a prison in northeast Syria where ISIS fighters launched an attack last week, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led alliance said Wednesday.
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said they took control of the last section of a prison seized by ISIS militants in Syria and freed a number of child detainees.
A massive attack on detention facilities in northeastern Syria under US-backed, Kurdish-led forces has ended after almost a week of fighting, though the fate of some hostages remains unclear.
US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had been attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group, ending the biggest jihadi…
It's unclear how many died or how many prisoners escaped as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters fought to retake control of the facility, but it was a clear sign of ISIS' lingering potency.
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
