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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Kurdish-led forces say they have regained control of prison in Syria's Hasaka

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained full control of al-Sina'a prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasaka on Wednesday, spokesman Farhad Shami said in a tweet, and all remaining Islamic State militants had surrendered.

At least 200 prison inmates and militants and 30 security forces have died since Islamic State fighters attacked the jail on Thursday in a bid to free their members, officials have said.

There was no mention by the SDF of the 850 children and minors caught in the crossfire when the SDF aided by U.S. troops began to storm the prison on Monday.

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