Pursuit and engagement operations with escaped ISIS prisoners continue in Al-Hasakah

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue their military operations against ISIS fighters who escaped from Al-Sana’a prison in Ghweran area, Al-Hasakah city, for the second day.

A significant number of military forces are participating in this operation with heavy weapons and with the backing of the coalition warplanes that target the prison with missiles and machine guns, so far a large number of ISIS elements have been killed.

ISIS members have taken up residence in two buildings and a few houses in the neighborhoods surrounding the prison, prompting the SDF to launch a combating campaign in the area, in pursuit of people escaping ISIS and its cells.

Simultaneously, the process of removing civilians from the neighborhood continues, and the presence of civilians in the area, according to SDF, has substantially delayed controlling it and the prison to avoid civilian casualties.