What on paper was designed to be the handover of a Syrian prison holding Islamic State fighters turned into chaos as an estimated 200 captives broke free Sunday.
The incident took place as the central Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces reached an agreement that put Al-Shaddadi prison, along with other territory held by the SDF, under the control of the Syrian government, according to Fox News.
The deal was designed to extend the central government’s control to an area controlled by the Kurds that was at war with the government of former dictator Bashar al-Assad during the long-running Syrian civil war.
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Prior to the agreement taking place Sunday, the United States and the SDF, which the U.S. supported when it battled the
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