US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces regained control of a prison in northeast Syria where ISIS fighters launched an attack last week.
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces regained control of a prison in northeast Syria where ISIS fighters launched an attack last week, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led alliance said Wednesday.
After nearly a week of fighting and US-led coalition airstrikes, the siege -- believed to be the biggest coordinated attack by ISIS since the fall of its so-called caliphate nearly three years ago -- finally came to an end.The attack on the prison has stoked fears the terror group, which has flown largely under the radar since losing its territory in Iraq and Syria, could be making a resurgence.
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