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SULAIMANI — The US-led Coalition on Wednesday
(January 26) called for an investigation into the massive Islamic State (ISIS) prison-break
attempt in Hasaka, stating the problem went beyond the northeast Syrian city.
"This is a global problem that requires
many nations to come together to develop an enduring long-term solution,” Maj.
Gen. John W. Brennan, the Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation
Inherent Resolve, said in a statement.
The coalition’s statement referred to
the "makeshift prisons throughout Syria” as a "breeding ground” for ISIS and
announced its support to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The SDF announced late on Wednesday
afternoon they had re-established complete control of al-Sinaa prison, which
houses thousands of ISIS inmates in Hasaka, after days of intense clashes in
the city following the break-out attempt.
Clashes in the vicinity of al-Sinaa, in
Hasaka’s neighborhood of Ghweiran, began last week when three explosions struck
near the detention facility, housed in a converted technical school.
The US conducted air strikes over the
past four days with Apache helicopters in support of the SDF and Internal
Security Forces’ (ISF) battle to quell the prison break.
The Pentagon confirmed on Monday US
ground forces were providing "limited ground support.”
The fight to prevent a mass break-out
from the prison is the largest US engagement with ISIS since the defeat of the
so-called caliphate in 2019.
(NRT Digital Media)