Jihadists escape from Syria jail after riot, Kurdish sources say
- The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least four people had escaped from the prison
Prisoners at a Syrian jail run by Kurdish forces holding suspected Islamic State members rioted and some escaped Sunday, said Kurdish sources and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A senior member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) running Ghouiran prison in the northeast Syria city of Hassakeh acknowledged that an uprising had taken place.
The official, who asked to remain anonymous, told AFP that Islamic State members in the prison had revolted.
“Some of them managed to get out into the prison courtyard,” the source added.
“Security forces are on high alert. International coalition planes are flying over the prison and the region.”
Coalition military spokesman Colonel Myles Caggins III said: “The Coalition is assisting our Syrian Democratic Forces partners with aerial surveillance as they quell an insurrection” at the prison.