Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency.
On January 22, ISIS’ news agency Amaq released three videos from the terrorist group’s ongoing attack on Geweran prison in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasakah.
ISIS terrorists attacked the prison, which run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), late on January 20 with the aim of freeing their comrades. During the attack, the terrorists detonated a car bomb and a booby-trapped motorcycle at the prison’s main gate. They also blew up a number of nearby fuel tankers and tanks.
The attack, which began as an operation to free ISIS captives, ended up with the terrorist occupying the prison and nearby areas.
Amaq’s first video shows ISIS terrorists storming one of the prison’s main building and using a pickup truck captured from the SDF to breach the prison’s main wall in the first hours of the attack. The second video shows the dead bodies of more than a dozen SDF fighters who were killed by the terrorists.
Coalition warplanes carried out several airstrikes on gatherings and positions of the terrorists. The coalition also deployed a number of M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles near Geweran prison.
#Hassakah #NESyria :#The #US fierces were stationed in two #Bradley type vehicles and two military armored vehicles in #Gwiran neighborhood roundabout near the Industrial Prison in #Hasaka, about 200 meters away, amid continued shelling on the prison perimeter. pic.twitter.com/6rx1TEQswL
— MOHAMMED HASSAN (@MHJournalist) January 22, 2022
According to the most recent update by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the battle in al-Hasakah city has so far claimed the lives of 56 ISIS terrorists, five civilians and 28 personnel of the SDF and its security forces.
While the SDF appears to be making some progress on the ground, the battle in al-Hasakah city may not end soon. ISIS terrorists could resist for several more days.
