PM:07:47:23/01/2022
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SULAIMANI — Syria’s Foreign and
Expatriates Ministry on Saturday (January 22) claimed US forces and the Syrian
Democratic Forces were guilty of war crimes during clashes to contain an
Islamic State (ISIS) prison break in Hasaka, Syrian Arab News Agency said.
The ministry said it condemned "actions
that caused the displacement [of] thousands of Syrian citizens” and called on
US forces to withdraw from the country.
The Syrian regime accused both ISIS and
SDF "gangs” of massacring civilians and destroying infrastructure in Hasaka,
according to a ministry statement cited by SANA.
Syrian government media claimed the SDF
was forcing civilians to flee neighborhoods in Hasaka with the aid of US aircraft.
SANA noted a coalition airstrike targeting a technical institute building in the
city, where ISIS militants had taken shelter.
Clashes
between Kurdish forces and ISIS militants have been ongoing since Thursday night
when car bomb and motorbike explosions struck near the entrance of al-Sinaa
prison while oil tankers exploded near a fuel depot as part of a coordinated
attempt to free the thousands of ISIS members at the prison.
Pentagon
press secretary John Kirby confirmed on Friday the US was assisting the SDF
with air strikes.
Some
civilians were killed when ISIS members demanded they give them shelter. The
SDF and ISF were trying to secure safe paths for residents to escape the
clashes, North Press Agency stated.
(NRT
Digital Media)