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UN: Syria Prison Attack Shows Need to Deal With ISIS Detainees

The attack by ISIS militants on a Syrian prison holding around 3,000 of its fighters and about 700 children is a predictable tragedy spotlighting the need for urgent international action to deal with those allegedly linked to the extremist group in prisons and camps in the country’s northeast, the UN…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 28, 2022

Syria Kurds Hunt Down Extremists after Prison Attack

Kurdish-led forces on Thursday found dozens of extremists holed up in a Syrian prison during mop-up operations after recapturing the facility from ISIS group fighters. An ISIS assault on the sprawling Ghwayran prison complex near the city of Hasakeh on January 20 sparked six days of fighting, in violence that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 28, 2022

Israel Says 'Almost Killed' Soleimani in Syria

Former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot revealed that his army had "almost killed" commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani in Syria years before his was assassinated by the United States. In an interview with Israel's Maariv newspaper, he said his forces have carried out several operations against the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 28, 2022

Kurds Locked in Tense Syria Prison Standoff with ISIS

US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose Tuesday around ISIS fighters hunkering down inside a Syrian prison, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff. Around 100 ISIS fighters attacked Ghwayran prison in the northeastern city of Hasakeh on January 20, in their biggest military operation…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2022

Syria prison attack shows ISIL ‘absolutely’ growing stronger

The armed group continues to gain strength in the war-torn country after its defeat in 2019, analysts say.

Al Jazeera · Jan 24, 2022

Syria Prison Battle Toll Tops 150, Concern over Fate of Minors

Kurdish forces locked down a Syrian city Monday to trap ISIS militants who attacked a prison there five days earlier, leaving more than 150 dead in fierce battles. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) charged that the ISIS militants were using hundreds of minors as "human shields" inside the Ghwayran…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2022

Standoff Near Syrian Prison Holding ISIS Fighters Continues

Clashes between US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and ISIS militants continued for a fourth day Sunday near a prison in northeastern Syria that houses thousands of members of the terrorist group, the Kurdish force said. The standoff follows a bold assault by the extremists that breached the premises of Gweiran Prison,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 23, 2022

Dozens Killed in 3rd Day of ISIS 'Rebellion' in Syria's Hasakeh

Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly Saturday under the cover of US-led coalition air power in Syria's northeast. Intense clashes with ISIS militants took place around a prison where thousands of extremists were held, officials said. Fighting broke out Thursday night when ISIS unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 22, 2022

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

The ISIS group unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its “caliphate” three years ago.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 22, 2022

Monitor: ISIS Attacks Syria Prison, Frees Militants

ISIS attacked a Kurdish-run jail in northeast Syria on Thursday, freeing fellow militants, a war monitor reported without specifying how many escaped, AFP reported. A car bomb hit the entrance of the Ghwayran prison and a second blast went off in the vicinity before ISIS militants attacked Kurdish security forces…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 21, 2022