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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Jailbreak, Attacks in Syria, Iraq Raise Alarm; Scores Die

People prepare to tow away a car damaged by a suicide car bomb explosion in the town of Taji, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. (AP)

The ISIS group unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its “caliphate” three years ago. More than 100 militants assaulted the main prison holding suspected extremists, sparking a battle with US-backed Kurdish fighters that continued 24 hours later and left dozens dead on Friday.

Across the border in Iraq, gunmen stormed an army barracks north of Baghdad before dawn Friday while soldiers inside slept, killing 11 before escaping — the deadliest attack in months on Iraq’s military, The Associated Press reported.

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