Kurdish-led forces say they have retaken Syrian prison seized by IS

A Kurdish-led militia alliance says it has regained full control of a prison in north-eastern Syria seized by the Islamic State (IS) group six days ago. A spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tweeted that "all Daesh terrorists" inside Hasaka's Ghwayran prison had …
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