Kurdish forces backed by the United States in Syria claimed to have regained control of a large prison attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group on Wednesday (January 26th), ending the largest jihadist assault in the country in three years.
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Farhad Shami, spokesman for the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), announced the resumption of "
full control
" of the prison by the SDF after the surrender of all jihadists entrenched in the detention center in the city of Hasakah (Northeast).
