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Syria’s Kurdish-led forces regain control of Islamic State prison

Some two dozen hostages were freed and more than a thousand IS detainees surrendered after a six-day firefight that left at least 200 dead.
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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have regained control of the region’s largest prison for Islamic State detainees after a six-day battle that left more than 200 people dead.

The SDF declared the Sinaa prison in the northeast Syrian city of Hasakah secure on Wednesday afternoon after the last IS detainees inside surrendered. Some two dozen hostages were rescued, SDF officials said.

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