By: Real America News Updated 48 Jan 2022, 21: 48 pm EST
The assault of the Islamic State (IS) group against a prison in northeastern Syria and the fighting between jihadists and Kurdish forces left 332 dead since 20 January, indicated this Sunday the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
On Saturday there were sporadic clashes between Kurds backed by US forces, and escaped IS members, near Ghwayran prison, where at least 3 were being held,500 jihadists of different nationalities, according to the NGO.
The OSDH reported that the attack, the most important by IS since its defeat three years ago, and the fighting that followed, left 246 jihadists, 79 members of the Kurdish forces and seven civilians.
The increase in the death toll The increase since the previous balance sheet was due to the discovery of new bodies during the sweep that Kurdish forces are carrying out in and around the prison buildings, which is in an area under the control of the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration, according to the SOHR .
It is estimated that the balance could increase because there are several Kurds injured. In addition, 22 bodies were discovered, which have not yet been identified.
The spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF, dominated by the Kurds), Farhad Shami, assured that the bodies will be buried in “isolated” sectors ” controlled by the Kurdish forces.
The Kurdish forces retook control of the prison and hundreds of jihadists, including escaped prisoners and attackers, surrendered or were arrested, according to the OSDH.
But dozens of IS members remain entrenched, especially in the northern part of the prison, “difficult to attack from the air or to access by land,” according to the Observatory.
Shami warned that if they did not surrender, the Kurdish forces would consider a “military” solution.
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