Photo: ISIS members caught after escaping from prison/Twitter
Last Thursday (January 20), it was reported that the escape attempt by ISIS members held in Sinai prison in Hesekê, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Northern Syria, with the help they received from outside, came to an end and the rebellion was suppressed.
It has been reported that the clashes that lasted for five days ended in the prison, but the operations continued in Hesekê, and 175 ISIS members and 39 SDF officers died in the clashes.
According to the written statement made by the SDG, “300 gangs who remained in a ward that responded positively to the call to surrender after the call to surrender to the gangs in Sinai Prison laid down their weapons at around 05:00 on Monday”. surrendered.
“On January 20, at 19.30, at the same time as the attack launched on the prison with bomb-laden vehicles, ISIS members in prison also attacked the prison personnel and took them hostage”.
According to the confessions of some of the captured ISIS members, “200 suicide bombers took part in the attack”. Some of the ISIS members from Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî, which are in the hands of the Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) gangs, came from the Iraqi side and settled in the Xiwêran District. The attack and rebellion took place after a 6-month preparation period.
In the statement, which stated that the main clashes were caused by external attacks, “the ongoing clashes in the Eastern Xiwêran, Heyî Zuxûr and Panaroma neighborhoods were suppressed to a large extent” and the operations against the surviving suicide bombers who took part in the attack from the outside are still continuing. explained.
5 thousand ISIS detainees in Sinai
In Sinai Prison, in the North of ISIS – 5 thousand gang members captured in Baxoz, the last occupation area in the Eastern Syria region, are being held. The security of the prison is also provided by the forces affiliated to the Autonomous Administration.
Air support from the USA
During the conflict, the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced that after the ISIS attack, the US-led coalition supported the Syrian Democratic Forces by conducting air strikes. The US State Department also condemned the ISIS prison attack and confirmed its support for the SDF.
SDG: Turkey supports ISIS
The operation started in Xiwêran while the ISIS attacks continue SDF spokespersons stated that a vehicle belonging to the Til Temir Military Council, which went for support, was targeted by Turkish SİHAs, and claimed that two YBŞ vehicles were simultaneously hit around Geliyê Shino in Shengal. North-East Syria Autonomous Administration Spokesperson Luqman Ehmê said, “The joint plan and implementation was undertaken by the ISIS gang, the propaganda by the BAAS regime, and Turkey took on the task of drawing the attention of the SDF to other regions.” The main aim is to revive ISIS
SDF Press Liaison Center Officer Ferhad Shami stated that the main purpose of the ISIS prison attack was to revive ISIS, the SDF carefully He said that if it doesn’t, “it would be possible for 5,000 ISIS members to escape from prison.” Shami said, “This plan was not just to kidnap a few gang members from prison. ISIS members in the prison are the most dangerous. This prison was temporary. Shedada Prison, which will be operational soon, has been established and they will be sent there.” (AEK)
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