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2022-01-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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SDF declare victory in week-long ISIS stand off in northeast Syrian prison, 181 dead thus far
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[Rudaw] The week-long stand off between Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) turbans and US-backed Kurdish forces has drawn to a close on Wednesday, with thousands of prisoners recaptured and fighting stalled, according to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in a conflict that has killed at least 181 people.
Fighting continued for the seventh day in and around the surrounding area of al-Sina’a prison, known to locals as Ghweran prison, in Hasaka province, northeast Syria, following an attempted jail-break by ISIS on the building housing around 5,000 of its affiliates on Thursday. Footage circulated by the Syrian North Press Agency on Wednesday depicted an Apache helicopter and sound of fierce gunfire.
By Wednesday afternoon, SDF media head Farhad Shami declared turbans previously detained within the prison defeated, with the force having "entire control of the al-Sina'a prison in al-Hasaka and the surrendering of all ISIS terrorists." According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, fighting in and around the prison since Thursday has killed 181 people, including 124 ISIS jihadists, 50 Kurdish fighters and seven civilians.
Earlier in the day, the SDF announced that a thousand ISIS turbans previously detained within the prison had surrendered to the forces battling to retake control, and confirmed the liberation of 23 prison employees, with Shami sharing an image showing medical staff treating a maimed ISIS fighter in the prison.
"Our forces managed to capture more terrorist attackers and forced other mutineers Lions of Islam inside the prison to surrender themselves," the force said, adding that "the number of Lions of Islam forced to surrender has risen to about 1,000."
Video footage distributed by SDF Media showed a line of re-captured ISIS turbans in orange jumpsuits and shabby grey sweaters.
With the US and other foreign forces stepping in to support Kurdish elite units, the neighbourhood around the prison was secured and the besieged Death Eaters inside the prison started turning themselves in.
The corpse count could rise as Kurdish forces and medical services gain access to all parts of the prison following the end of the attack.
Kurdish forces had cut off food and water to the jail for two days to pressure holdout jihadists to give themselves up, the Observatory said.
The SDF has been reluctant to refer to talks between them and IS fighters, and it remains unclear exactly what led to the end of the attack.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said a Syrian IS jihadist had negotiated with Kurdish forces to end the standoff and secure medical care for maimed jihadists.
Since Monday, Kurdish forces had freed at least 32 prison staff, some of whom appeared in video footage that IS had shared on social media after launching the attack.
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