Daily Memo: Islamic State Militants Escape Prison in Syria

The Syrian army and Kurdish forces disagree over who's to blame.

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Chaos in Syria. Clashes erupted between armed groups and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces around Shaddadi prison, which holds thousands of Islamic State fighters, in the Syrian province of Hasakah. The SDF said the groups attacked the prison, though the Syrian army said the SDF deliberately released prisoners, including IS militants, after government forces over […]

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