Syrian Observatory: 100 people escape camp holding Daesh relatives

A watchtower of a prison, which was used by PYD/PKK to withhold opponents, is seen after it was captured by FSA March 24, 2018. [Hişam El Homsi/Anadolu Agency]

Around 100 people – women affiliated with Daesh and their children – have escaped from a camp guarded by Syrian Kurdish-led security forces in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, Reuters reported.

Citing sources in the camp at Ain Issa, Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman said there was a state of “anarchy” inside.

The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria earlier said some members of Daesh families had managed to slip out of the camp after it was shelled by advancing Turkish and Syrian rebel forces. An official in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said they had no further details about the situation at the camp.

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