{"id":13024,"date":"2019-04-07T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T15:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/07\/us-back-kurdish-forces-foil-islamic-state-prison-break\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:20:59","slug":"us-back-kurdish-forces-foil-islamic-state-prison-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/04\/07\/us-back-kurdish-forces-foil-islamic-state-prison-break\/","title":{"rendered":"US-backed Kurdish forces foil Islamic State prison break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Islamic State militants attempted to break out of a detention facility in northeastern Syria but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/01\/08\/fate-of-detained-isis-fighters-uncertain-as-us-exits-syria\/\" target=_blank>U.S.-backed Syrian fighters<\/a> \u201csuccessfully\u201d restored calm, activists and the U.S-led coalition said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few details emerged about what transpired a day earlier in the detention facility in the town of Derik, in the Kurdish-administered northeastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/02\/14\/us-forces-have-1000-isis-detainees-and-dont-know-what-to-do-with-them\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4978898.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US forces have 1,000 ISIS detainees \u2014 and don\u2019t know what to do with them<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201c[It\u2019s] a huge area of concern for us, especially because they\u2019re being detained by the non-nation state that\u2019s otherwise known as the Syrian Democratic Forces,&quot; the U.S. Special Operations Command leader said at a Senate hearing Thursday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activists from the Rojava Information Center said local anti-terror forces were deployed Friday around the building and on its roof after the attempted prison break. The activist-run media platform said warplanes flew over the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Scott Rawlinson, coalition spokesman, said all detainees were accounted for after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/25\/us-backed-kurdish-fighters-want-international-tribunal-for-isis-detainees\/\" target=_blank>the Syrian Democratic Forces<\/a> \u201cpeacefully\u201d dealt with the incident. He said coalition forces supported the SDF with aerial observation but provided no further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDF officials had no immediate comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19096415842864.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19096415842864.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19096415842864.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19096415842864.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19096415842864.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this Feb. 22, 2019 file photo, men, foreground, women and children wait to be screened by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, near Baghouz, Syria. (Felipe Dana\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kurdish-led SDF is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/02\/17\/trump-demands-europe-take-isis-prisoners-americas-latest-ask-in-syria\/\" target=_blank>holding hundreds of foreign ISIS militants<\/a> in facilities around areas they control in northeast Syria. Many more local suspects are detained separately. It was not clear if the attempted break-out was among foreign or local detainees. Families of the detainees are held in crammed displaced people\u2019s camps in northern Syria, where living and security conditions have been precarious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials from the Kurdish-administered areas have said keeping the hundreds of foreign militants and their families is a &#8220;burden&#8221; that they can&#8217;t handle on their own. The officials and the coalition have asked home countries to repatriate their nationals \u2014 an issue that has triggered a debate in many European countries who cite security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/03\/27\/low-aim-or-intel-failure-isis-last-stand-shows-the-difficulty-in-estimating-enemy-manpower\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19084540567383.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Low aim or intel failure? ISIS\u2019 last stand shows the difficulty in estimating enemy manpower<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Ever since the Islamic State emerged it has been difficult to find a credible number for its total troop strength, and speculation has ranged widely.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe SDF understand well the threat posed by Daesh and are performing commendably in maintaining the security of the detainees in their custody,\u201d Rawlinson said, referring to ISIS by its Arabic acronym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of battling the militants, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/23\/us-allied-syrian-force-declares-victory-over-islamic-state\/\" target=_blank>SDF declared military victory<\/a> against ISIS last month after recapturing the last speck of land they controlled in Syria, near the border with 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