Kurdish-led forces put down revolt by ISIS detainees at prison in Syria
The Kurds have decided to try to rehabilitate the ISIL prisoners. Iraq decided to give them a short trial followed by a fast execution.
Kurdish-led forces on Monday put down a revolt at a prison in northeast Syria for former Islamic State fighters after militants complaining about their conditions seized control of parts of the facility.
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said the riot was quelled by Monday night, more than 24 hours after prisoners inside smashed doors, broke down walls and took over at least one wing of the prison.
“Due to great efforts made by our forces & swift intervention against the insubordination of ISIS detainees inside one prison, we were able to avoid catastrophe & take control. No prisoners escaped,” the SDF commander, Gen. Mazloum Kobane Abdi, said on his Twitter account.
The prison revolt was the most serious yet by the thousands of former Islamic State fighters detained in prisons in the area, typically in cramped, overcrowded conditions that have drawn criticism from human rights groups.