Islamic State prison break in northeast Syria

Name: Islamic State prison break in northeast Syria
Uploaded: 2022-02-02T13:26:16+00:00
Duration: 2 min 27 s
Channel: Al-Monitor
Description: The Islamic State earlier this month attacked a prison in northeast Syria that held as many as 5,000 members of the extremist group. Kurdish-led forces, backed by the US, regained control of the complex, but it's unclear how many IS militants escaped. The search is now underway to find them.<br /><br />Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.

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The Islamic State earlier this month attacked a prison in northeast Syria that held as many as 5,000 members of the extremist group. Kurdish-led forces, backed by the US, regained control of the complex, but it's unclear how many IS militants escaped. The search is now underway to find them.  Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.

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