The attempt to free 3,500 suspected jihadists held by Kurds in Gwayran ended up with Islamic State fighters barricaded in prison.
The Islamic State launched the biggest attack since the fall of its caliphate, storming the Ghwayran prison in the Syrian city of Hasakeh, trying to free the 3,500 suspected jihadists held there by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition led by Kurdish forces. . After four days of hard fighting, street by street, house by house, trying to stop the Islamic State fighters from breaking the siege, they barricaded themselves in Ghwayran on Monday, using as a human shield the nearly 850 children who lived in the complex, denounced the FDS, who have already suffered at least 45 casualties and are preparing their special forces to recover the prison.
