Prison break in Syria as inmates stage mutiny amid earthquake chaos
Men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group gather in a prison cell in northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on October 26, 2019. Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake.
Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP.
The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters, said the source.
