By Bethan McKernan Middle East Correspondent
Unconfirmed reports of deaths as inmates overwhelm SDF guards in city of Hasakah
Several members of Islamic State have escaped from prison after militants sparked a riot and seized control of part of a large jail in north-east Syria, Kurdish and US military sources have said.
Prisoners broke down walls and tore off internal doors during the unrest on Sunday night at Ghouiran prison in the city of Hasakah, overwhelming guards from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Washington’s Kurdish-led ground partner in the fight against Isis.
Source: Islamic State prisoners escape from Syrian jail after militants riot
Category: Islamic State, Syria, Kurds, Middle East and North Africa, World news
