Deadly fighting between ISIS, Kurd forces in Syria

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BEIRUT - Fighting raged for a third day on Saturday between the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group and Kurdish forces in Syria after ISISThe assault on the Ghwayran prison in the northern city o

f Hasakeh is one of ISIS' most significant since its"caliphate" was declared defeated in Syria nearly three years ago.

Hundreds of extremist inmates have since been recaptured, but dozens are still believed to be on the loose, the Observatory said. The Islamist group said in a statement released on Friday by its Amaq news agency that its attack on the jail aimed to"free the prisoners". Analyst Nicholas Heras of the Newlines Institute in Washington said the extremist group targeted the prison to bolster its numbers.

 

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