Two Belgian ISIS fighters escape from a Kurdish prison after Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, officials say.
CEYLANPINAR, TurkeyTwo Belgian ISIS fighters have escaped from a Kurdish prison after the Turkish offensive began in northeastern Syria last week, a Belgian security source and a separate Belgian parliamentary source told NBC News.
The two Belgians are the first foreign fighters who NBC News has confirmed to have escaped during the weeklong conflict in northern Syria. Many of the group's fighters captured in northern Syria are in prisons guarded by Kurdish-led forces, while their families are in SDF-guarded camps.
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