Al Jazeera: At least 20 IS fighters escaped from prison in Syria after the earthquake

It is reported by Al Jazeera TV channel.

“After the earthquake, the prison building was damaged, the prisoners rebelled and took over part of the prison,” said one of the prison staff.

We are talking about a prison near the city of Raju, which contains about two thousand prisoners.

About 1,300 of them are suspected of belonging to ISIS militants*. 

Earlier it was reported that the number of victims of the earthquake in Syria exceeded 700 people.

Also, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sent condolences to Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad in connection with the consequences of the earthquake in the country.

* "Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIL) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.