ISIS working to free its elements from Syria, Iraq prisons

Fear from ISIS is causing mass displacement in al-Hasakah, northeastern Syria, once more, for the first time since the defeat of the terrorist organization.

This comes in the wake of an attack by ISIS on a prison under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Ghweran neighborhood.

The prison facility used to house prisoners from the terrorist organization.

The attack raised fears from the organization's reawakening, after a long period of latency in Syria and Iraq.

The prison attack coincided with a similar operation in Iraq on January 21, which left 11 Iraqi troops dead in the eastern Diyala province.

Liberation of prisoners

ISIS launched an attack on a prison under the control of Kurdish forces east of al-Hasakah in Syria, leaving over 65 people dead on both sides.

Civilians and prisoners from the terrorist organization were also caught in the middle of the fighting that accompanied the prison attack.

Sources close to ISIS said on Telegram that the organization is focusing at this stage on liberating its detained prisoners.

They added that the leader of ISIS issued a directive to its elements to focus their efforts in the coming period on releasing prisoners by striking and targeting prisons that contain the organization's detainees.

In Syria, he allocated financial rewards for that, especially when it comes to the organization's detainees in SDF prisons, the sources said.

SDF militias used to control the last strongholds of ISIS in the al-Baghouz region of Syria, having received support from international coalition forces.

This was when hundreds of ISIS fighters were captured. Dozens of the leaders of the organization also surrendered themselves voluntarily to the SDF.