The Syrian army has announced a curfew in the city of al-Shaddadi in the country’s northeast after the escape of ISIL (ISIS) fighters from the city’s prison amid clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to the state news agency, SANA.

The fate of over 50,000 ISIS prisoners has been of paramount concern to the United States since the collapse of the caliphate in 2018.

Syria's new leaders, since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country.

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

Syrian forces move to secure ISIS detention sites after SDF withdrawal, as Damascus and Kurdish leaders trade accusations over prison control.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday denied accusations by Damascus that it was responsible for what Syrian state media claimed was the “execution” of several detainees at a prison in the western Raqqa countryside,