The provisional toll of armed clashes that have been going on for hours in north-eastern Syria around a prison run by the Kurdish-Syrian forces and where thousands of ISIS militiamen are locked up
is at
least 41 killed .
This was reported by the National Observatory for Human Rights in Syria, according to which the clashes are still ongoing near the Ghweiran prison, in the north-eastern region of Hasake.
US military helicopters fly over the area in search of the approximately 80 fugitives, says the Observatory, which uses a dense network of local sources.
ISIS was declared militarily defeated in Syria in the spring of
2019
but its cells continue to operate in the east and north-east of the country.
The Kurdish-Syrian forces, an emanation of
the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK)
considered terrorist by Turkey, had in recent days warned against the risk of ISIS attacks against prisons where jihadist militiamen are held.
