The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday that they have lost control of Al-Shaddadi prison in Hasakah, northeastern Syria, which holds thousands of ISIS members, after repeated attacks by government-affiliated factions.

In a statement, the SDF said its fighters repelled the attacks several times, adding that the prison is about two kilometers from a Global Coalition base whose forces did not intervene despite repeated requests.

Earlier today, Shafaq News correspondent reported that the SDF began deploying reinforcements to the town of Al-Shaddadi, about 60 km south of Hasakah city, adding that dozens of positions vacated by the SDF in the southern Hasakah countryside were vandalized and taken over by “armed residents loyal to the Syrian government.” [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists]

Syria’s state news agency SANA quoted the Defense Ministry as accusing what it described as PKK terrorist militias of planting several improvised explosive devices west of Al-Shaddadi, adding that the explosions struck two civilian vehicles, resulting in several injuries.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Hasakah, Al-Qamishli, and Amuda have received more than 11,000 people from over 1,600 families, mostly Kurdish, from Raqqa and Al-Tabqah. SOHR also reported that a Red Crescent medical center was set ablaze after its medical equipment and electronic devices were looted at Al-Arishah Camp in Hasakah countryside.

On January 18, Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, signed an agreement with the SDF under which Syrian state institutions will assume administrative authority over Hasakah, Deir Ez-Zor, and Raqqa provinces. The deal followed armed clashes between Syrian government forces [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists] and the SDF, particularly around areas in Raqqa province, which hosts US and Global Coalition forces and contains camps and detention facilities holding ISIS members.

Shafaq report