Syria’s government, Kurdish-led forces trade blame on violence, escaped ISIL fighters as negotiations reach dead end.

Syria’s Interior Ministry has accused the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of deliberately releasing fighters from Islamic State (IS) held at al-Shaddadi prison in northeast Syria, describing the move as “political and security blackmail”.

While the SDF has been the main partner of the U.S. in Syria in the fight against IS, Ankara considers it to be a terrorist group because of its ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, a Kurdish separatist group that has mounted a long-running insurgency in Turkey.

Search for remaining ISIS members continues, Interior Ministry says after YPG/SDF terror group released 120 ISIS prisoners - Anadolu Ajansı

Syria says about 120 Islamic State detainees escaped from Shaddadi prison after days of clashes with Kurdish-led forces, as Damascus and the SDF accuse each other and struggle to contain the breakout amid wider political and military tensions.

Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish-led force.

Syrian government categorically rejects ‘any attempt to use terrorism file as tool of political or security blackmail’ - Anadolu Ajansı