Syria deal with Kurdish fighters appears to unravel as Islamic State prisoners escape

Around 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from ‍Syria’s Shaddadi prison on Monday, the ‌Kurdish website Rudaw reported, ‍quoting a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Earlier, the ‍Syrian army said “a number of” ‌Islamic State (Isis) militants had escaped ‍a prison that had been under SDF control in ‌the eastern ⁠city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. The prison break took place a day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the...