Inside Syria’s Shaddadi prison after the ISIS breakout - in pictures
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Empty cells at Al Shaddadi prison after inmates, mostly ISIS members, fled following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces, whose fighters had guarded the prison for years. Reuters -
The SDF says prisoners escaped as its fighters fled Syrian government attacks, in Hasakah. Reuters -
The Syrian army says it has taken control of the city and re-arrested dozens of the 120 ISIS members who escaped from the prison. EPA -
An open gate at the prison after inmates escaped. Reuters -
Some witnesses claim local tribes released the prisoners and insisted they had been wrongfully accused of being members of ISIS. EPA -
Others say the SDF freed the detainees and that it was the only force able to access the highly-secured facility. EPA -
Barbed wire at the prison. Some of those released gathered in the town’s mosque, where their relatives met them, residents say. EPA -
A soldier stands inside the prison, after government troops took it over. EPA -
Clothes and other belongings left by inmates as they fled. Reuters -
Soldiers stand guard inside the prison complex after the government takeover. EPA
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