Syria Kurds Retake Prison, Ending Six-Day ISIS Attack

The Syrian Democratic Forces deploy around Ghwayran prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on January 25, 2022. (AFP)

Kurdish forces on Wednesday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where ISIS extremists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.

The brazen ISIS jailbreak attempt and ensuing clashes left more than 180 dead in the extremists' most high-profile military operation since their military defeat nearly three years ago.