SHAFAQNA | By Leila Yazdani – Hundreds of suspected ISIS detainees have escaped from a camp in northeastern Syria, raising fears that the Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces leads ISIS to regain strength amid the chaos.
The suspected affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) fled the detention facility in Ain Issa on Sunday after attacking guards and storming its gates, the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said in a statement. Jelal Ayaf, a senior official at the camp, told local media that 859 people successfully escaped from the section of the facility housing foreign nationals, aljazeera reported.
The incidents follow a chorus of warnings from experts and security officials who stated that a Turkish invasion could help ISIS stage mass prison breaks and allow the terror outfit to regroup, newsweek told.
In between rounds at his golf club, on both Saturday and Sunday, President Trump decided that he was done with Syria and, opted to do nothing to stop or discourage President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s campaign to destroy U.S. allies in the S.D.F. The legal conclusion to be drawn from this fact is that Islamic State fighters are seizing a chance to escape and regroup.
As many as 12,000 ISIS fighters including about 2,000 foreigners are held in SDF prisons. Among the 70,000 women and children in al Hol are hundreds of women who are still loyal to ISIS’s ground leadership.
Meanwhile, women affiliated with ISIS attacked security offices with sticks and stones during unrest at a camp in the region where Turkey has launched attacks.
Businessinsider disclosed that ISIS has a plan to bust out 70,000 supporters from Kurdish jails now that the US has abandoned the area to the Turkish military.
Another point to be considered is that ISIS fighters in Kurdish jails have been in constant contact with the group’s leadership via Telegram and Whatsapp.
“[ISIS leader Abu Bakir] Baghdadi even said in his last statement that his people should be patient and await rescue, and that was before the Turks upended what had been a mostly stable situation.”
The fact is that, many people are at risk of being displaced in northeast Syria and, the current operation raises concerns about the security of Middle East, after that ISIS take advantage of the instability in Syria and Iraq to build itself back to power.
All major powers, and the majority of the region’s states should follow a proactive diplomacy and, seek to preserve the basic stability of international law to help resolve the tension between Turkey and Syria and minimize any likely collateral damage on Middle East’s interests.