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Syrian Kurdish-led fighters have advanced slowly into the Hasakah prison amid reports of hostages.

Fate of hundreds of minors held hostage by IS unclear, following a week of ferocious battles

The ongoing standoff at a Syrian prison shows that the so-called "Islamic State" still has the means to fight. However, experts say that IS doesn't pose a global threat due to lack of money, fighters and ammunition.

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said Tuesday they freed nine of their troops held hostage by Islamic State militants leading an assault on one of the largest detention facilities in northeastern Syria. After breaking into the prison late Thursday, IS militants were joined by others rioting inside the facility that houses over 3,000 inmates, including hundreds of…

Some two dozen hostages were freed and more than a thousand IS detainees surrendered after a six-day firefight that left at least 200 dead.

WASHINGTON - A massive and well-planned operation by the Islamic State to free thousands of the terror group’s fighters from a prison in northeaster

Syrian Democratic Forces warn Islamic State Fighters in Hasakah not to choose the ‘final dance of death’ as troops close in

WASHINGTON - Residents of Hasakah in northeastern Syria endured a fifth night of gunfire and explosions as fighting between the U.S.-backed Syrian Democ

Residents of Hasakah in northeastern Syria endured a fifth night of gunfire and explosions as fighting between the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and fighters with the Islamic State terror group there raged into a sixth day. Video from activists on the ground near the al-Sina’a prison and shared with VOA showed repeated flashes and explosions…

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said Tuesday they freed nine of their troops held hostage by Islamic State militants leading an assault on one of the largest detention facilities in northeastern Syria.