Kurdish-led forces kill 23 Islamic State militants in Syria, source says
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Kurdish-led forces kill 23 Islamic State militants in Syria
HASAKA (Reuters) - Kurdish-led forces in Syria killed 23 Islamic State militants in clashes after the jihadist group attacked a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday, a military source in the Kurdish-led forces said.
Seven members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and an allied security force called the Asayish were killed in the attack, an attempt by Islamic State to free prisoners in the jail, the source said on Friday.
The SDF said it had detained 89 militants in the area, where clashes were continuing and a witness said warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition could be heard overhead.
The SDF is backed by the United States and has fought in support of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State.
While Islamic State was driven from most of the territory it held in Syria years ago, its cells continue to carry out attacks in areas held by the SDF and the Syrian government.
