Fighting continues to rage at the prison in Syria’s Hasakeh, as the Kurdish SDF reports 550 ISIS fighters recaptured and more forces being brought in amid a week-long battle.
It looks like the SDF will get things under control, but a big focus is the fates of hundreds of child detainees within, who are claimed to be used as human shields by ISIS.
The number of children reported involved grew for days and is now about 850. Their fate remains uncertain, and it seems they are still at serious risk.
This battle, with scores if not hundreds dead, is the biggest single fight against ISIS in Syria since the fall of the Caliphate in 2019. Even if the ISIS prison break ultimately fails, the scale of the operation shows ISIS is growing in strength.
Yes, some prison with children in it! Where is SDF going to get reinforcements from? Not from Kurdish population for sure. I t could only come only from the likes of Eric Prince.
The REAL question is — will SDF have any excuse for its existence in the absence of this “prison”.
Who knows who really organized a breakout, and who is helping them locally.
And the whole world seems to be in a stupor, not caring that people including children are indefinitely kept incarcerated — without any hope of a trial. Not everyone there are ISIS fighters. Many are Syrians who fought against SDF,
Regardless of who they are — somebody should be accountable for the lack of transparency.
But who? SDF has no jurisdiction, but takes a cue from another forever prison at Guantanamo.
It is hardly under control. Even if SDF manages to get some prisoners under control, does anyone believe that those on the outside would sitvaround doing nothing.