Syria’s Kurdish-led forces advance into Islamic State prison
Syrian Kurdish-led fighters have advanced slowly into the Hasakah prison amid reports of hostages.
Kurdish-led fighters freed nine hostages on Tuesday after entering northeast Syria’s largest prison holding Islamic State detainees the day prior.
Fighters from the multi-ethnic Syrian Democratic Forces began clearing cell blocks on the fifth day of a US-backed siege of the prison after calling via loudspeaker for IS detainees inside to surrender.
At least 190 people have been reported killed in the fighting, which broke out after IS fighters launched a complex dual-pronged attack on Hasakah’s Sinaa prison late last week.
Some 550 detainees inside the prison had surrendered by Tuesday afternoon and are being sent to other detention sites under SDF control until the prison is secured, researcher Clara Moore with the Rojava Information Center (RIC) told reporters.
