Dozens of IS prisoners freed in Syria unrest

Dozens of inmates from a jail holding Islamic State prisoners have been freed in Syria amid clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and government-affiliated forces in the country’s northeast.

- Lorenzo Tondo Jerusalem Dan Sabbagh

Videos released by the SDF showed what it said were IS members being broken out of a prison in Shaddadi by figures in black balaclavas. The group said it had lost control of the building after an attack by pro-government forces that killed or wounded dozens.