Kurdish Rudaw website reports around 1500 Islamic State members escaped from Syria's Shaddadi prison

The Kurdish ‌website Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for ⁠the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said around ​1500 Islamic State members escaped ‍from Syria's Shaddadi prison.

Earlier, the Syrian army said "a ⁠number ‌of" ⁠Islamic State militants had escaped a ‍prison that had been ​under SDF control in the ⁠eastern city of Shaddadi, ⁠accusing the SDF of releasing them. The army ⁠did not say how ⁠many ‌escaped.

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