8 killed in a failed ISIS attack on a prison in Syria

Fighters from the "Qasd forces" in northern Syria.

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Six Kurdish fighters and two ISIS members were killed yesterday, as a result of a failed attack launched by the extremist organization on security headquarters, including a prison, in northern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Observatory said that among the dead were three members of the Internal Security Forces, "in a surprise attack carried out by (ISIS) cells on security headquarters near a military intelligence prison in the Intifada neighborhood in the western countryside of Raqqa."

The Observatory added that the security forces affiliated with the "Qasd (Syrian Democratic Forces) thwarted the operation" of the attack, after violent clashes broke out with the elements of the organization.

The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, said on Twitter that six members of the Kurdish-led security forces were killed in a suicide attack by ISIS, yesterday, on one of the centers of the security forces in the city of Raqqa, Syria.

For his part, the head of the media center of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said that a suicide bomber was killed and another arrested.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the ISIS attack was carried out on security headquarters near a military intelligence prison in the Intifada neighborhood in the western countryside of Raqqa.

The Observatory indicated that the security forces affiliated with the "Qasd" thwarted the attack, after violent clashes broke out with members of the terrorist organization.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement on the "Telegram" application, in which it confirmed that the operation came in retaliation for the families and relatives of those arrested in the Al-Hol camp, which is run by the Kurds in northern Syria.

The terrorist organization seized large areas of Iraq and Syria in 2014, including Raqqa, which was its main stronghold, but it has launched hit-and-run attacks since losing the last important piece of land in Syria in 2019.

The remaining militants hid in remote areas in the past few years, but they are still able to launch attacks.

According to the Syrian Democratic Forces, a major attack by the organization on al-Sina'a prison in the city of al-Hasakah, northeastern Syria, last January, left about 500 dead, including 374 linked to the organization, and dozens of SDF fighters and prison staff.

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