Kurdish Forces Clear Northeast Syria Prison of IS Fighters – By Sirwan Kajjo (VOA News) / January 30, 2022
U.S.-backed Kurdish forces Sunday announced the end of their mop-up operations in a major prison in northeast Syria, days after recapturing the facility from militants affiliated with the Islamic State terror group.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they ended “the sweep campaign in al-Sina’a prison” in the city of Hasakah, after clearing “the last pockets in which [IS] terrorists were present.”
The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the end of the sweep campaign in #AlSina'a prison in the #Ghweran neighborhood in the #AlHasaka city, after ending the last pockets in which #Daesh terrorists were present in the northern Dormitories.#DefeatDaesh pic.twitter.com/k8wXGtCqlo
— Coordination & Military Ops Center – SDF (@cmoc_sdf) January 30, 2022
The Sunday announcement came four days after the SDF took control of the detention facility following a weeklong clash with IS militants who attacked the prison in an attempt to free thousands of IS prisoners held there.
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