HUNDREDS of Islamic State fighters have broken out of a jail in Syria, after a coordinated series of attacks by their Jihadi comrades involving car bombs and suicide vests.
The huge assault on Gweiran prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakah has left at least 200 dead after reportedly 200 ISIS fighters tried to storm the site.
Some 3 to 4,000 Islamic State prisoners are held in the jail, including 700 children, the so-called “Cubs of the Caliphate”.
Sources claim the children have been used as “human shields” preventing Kurdish-led forces from retaking the facility.
Unverified video from the prison raid shows the bloody aftermath, with dead bodies scattered across the ground.
Another video taken from inside the jail features dozens of Islamist fighters allegedly pledging allegiance to the Caliphate before beginning their planned escape.
Speaking to The Sun Online, Brit war hero Alan Duncan, who fought Islamic State in Syria, said his sources on the ground warn him ISIS is “out for revenge”.
He said: “This has been a major morale boost for ISIS. It tells their supporters to keep the faith, they’re not finished.”
Alan, 54, from Elgin, Scotland, explained that the attack on the sprawling Gweiran site was “extremely coordinated, there were 200 ISIS fighters outside, and three car bombs were set off.
“Escaping prisoners were handed suicide belts by their comrades before the fighters got in to civilian areas.”
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