Detained Members Of Islamic State Have Managed To Escape From A Kurdish-run Prison In Northeastern Syria Today After Turkish Shelling Hit The Area Following The Removal Of US Forces

Detained members of Islamic State have managed to escape from a Kurdish-run prison in northeastern Syria today after Turkish shelling hit the area following the removal of US forces.<br>It comes as one hundred thousand terrified civilians fled the Turkish incursion into Syria as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's troops continue to advance - with Ankara claiming it has killed 342 Kurdish fighters.<br>'Five terrorists escaped from Navkur after shelling struck near the prison,' said an official from the Syrian Democratic Forces, the de facto army of the autonomous Kurdish region.<br>Video has emerged allegedly showing a number of prisoners escaping the compound, after Turkish mortar fire against Syrian Democratic Forces trying to move the occupants. <br>It comes as Isis claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in Qwamishli that killed three people - although the group has previously claimed responsibility for attacks it has not been involved in. <br>A prison guard at Navkur, which is located in the town of Qamishli, said before the reported breakout that the facility housed mostly foreign jihadists.<br>Turkey and its Syrian proxies on Wednesday launched a deadly cross-border military offensive against areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces.<br>The attack has resulted in artillery fire striking near a number of critical facilities, including some of the prisons where thousands of IS suspects are being held.<br>Without the support of US troops, who pulled back from the border earlier this week, Kurdish fighters have redeployed from other areas in a bid to hold off Turkish-backed forces.<br>Another Kurdish official said the Jerkin facility, another nearby prison, had also come under regular Turkish fear, increasing the chances of a breakout there too. <br>Scroll down for video. <br>         Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters walk near the Turkish village of Akcakale along the border with Syria on Friday as they prepare to take part in the Turkish-led assault on northeastern Syria.<br>         Turkish-backed Syrian forces cross the border into the north of their homeland today as smoke rises in the horizon from one of the shelled border towns<br>         Syrian fighters loyal to Turkey pass through a gap in the border wall on Friday as they prepare to take on Kurdish militias<br>          more videos                                                                           <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-23', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>A small group of ISIS prisoners allegedly escaped from the Navkur prison in Qamishlo today.<br><br>It came amid heavy mortar fire from Turkish forces<br>         Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters ride on an army tank near the Turkish village of Akcakale along the border with Syria today<br>         Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, in a picture taken from the Turkish side of the border in Ceylanpinar on the third day of Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces<br>         Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, in a picture taken from the Turkish side of the border in Ceylanpinar on the third day of Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces<br>         Turkish-backed Syrian fighters wave as they are on the way to Northern Syria for a military operation in Kurdish areas, near the Syrian border,in Akcakale district in Sanliurfa, Turkey<br>         One hundred thousand terrified civilians fled the Turkish incursion into Syria as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's troops continue to advance - with Ankara claiming it has killed 342 Kurdish fighters (Pictured, Turkish-backed Syrian fighters on their way to Northern Syria)<br>         A military vehicle, belonging to Turkish Armed Forces, enters to support the units within Operation Peace Spring in Akcakale district of Sanliurfa, Turkey<br>         An armoured car rounds the border wall as a Turkish-backed soldiers of the Syrian National Army prepare to take the fight to the Kurds on Friday<br>         An armoured car heads into battle as it supports ground troops moving over the border into northern Syria today<br>         A Pro-Turkish Syrian fighter crosses the border backed by his comrades, wielding an AK-57 and  [http://daawrat.com istanbul escort] a grenade launcher, as he readies for battle<br>         Syrian forces backed by Erdogan cross the frontier today, the third day of the Turkish offensive against Kurd militias in northern Syria<br>         Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters march on the Turkish side of the border wall as they prepare to battle Kurdish militia over the other side<br>         Clouds of smoke rise from a settlement in northern Syria on Thursday as seen from across the border in Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa, Turkey<br>         President Donald Trump, who pulled his Kurd-backing forces out of Syria earlier this week, tweeted last night after facing backlash from within his own ranks<br>         <br>          more videos                                                                           <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-54', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>Syrian rebels stand on top of an armoured vehicle driving towards the border to cross into Syria, in Ceylanpinar on Friday morning<br>         Members of the Syrian National Army, backed by Turkey, smoke morning cigarettes atop an armoured vehicle on Friday as they head towards the front from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar<br>         Also today, Isis claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in Qwamishli that killed three people (pictured, the aftermath).<br><br>And Syrian Kurdish officials said Turkish shelling hit a prison holding Islamic State militants in the north east<br>          more videos                                                                           <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-61', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>Turkey says it intends to create a 'safe zone' over an area about 30 miles deep and 75 miles wide to push Kurdish militia away from its border and eventually allow the repatriation of up to two million Syrian refugees.<br><br>The area is rich in fertile lands and encompasses oil fields in the far northeast<br>          more videos                                                                           <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-64', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>A video shared by officials shows a shell landing in the courtyard of what appears to be a prison facility in the city of Qamishli. Seconds later, a handful of men open doors and seem to be trying to leave. <br>An official with the mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces says some of the men in the video are security guards seeking to contain the escape and regain control of the prisoners. <br>The prospect of mass breakouts is causing deep concern among many foreign powers, who fear the return on their soil of IS fighters and the resurgence of the jihadist group in the region.<br>According to the Kurdish administration, some 12,000 men are held in seven detention centres across Kurdish-controlled areas.<br>Among them are Syrians and Iraqis, as well as 2,500 to 3,000 suspected IS fighters from 54 other countries.    <br>Air strikes, artillery bombardments and small arms fire raged throughout border settlements along the 75-mile front for a third day, with Foreign Minister Hulusi Akar today announcing Turkey's forces had 'neutralised' hundreds of 'terrorists.'<br>         'Hey EU, wake up.<br><br>I say it again: if you try to frame our operation there as an invasion, our task is simple: we will open the doors and send 3.6 million migrants to you,' Erdogan said in a speech to parliament in Ankara on Thursday<br>Turkish authorities say eight civilians have been killed in a Turkish border town following a mortar attack from Kurdish-held Syria, bringing the civilian death toll in Turkey since the beginning of its cross-border offensive to 17.<br>The governor's office of Mardin Province said in a statement Friday that 35 others were wounded in the border town of Nusaybin.<br>The United Nations estimated 100,000 people had fled, piling trucks and cars high with their possessions as shells decimated their hometowns, in a grim echo of how they sought refuge from marauding ISIS fanatics only a few years before.  <br>France said EU sanctions 'were on the table' today, amid widespread [https://www.shewrites.com/search?q=international%20condemnation international condemnation] for the invasion, with Emmanuel Macron warning Turkey risked 'helping Daesh (ISIS) rebuild a caliphate.' <br>President Donald Trump, who pulled his Kurd-backing forces out of Syria earlier this week, declared last night the US was faced with three options: 'Send in thousands of troops and win Militarily, hit Turkey very hard Financially and with Sanctions, or mediate a deal between Turkey and the Kurds!'  <br>Trump's tweet follows backlash from within his own Republican ranks over the perceived betrayal of the Kurds, who were pivotal in defeating ISIS in Syria earlier this year. <br>Furthermore, the Kurds have been guarding some 10,000 ISIS prisoners and Russian President Vladimir Putin joined British and US politicians today in expressing fears that they might escape. <br>'I'm not sure whether the Turkish army will be able to take this under control - and how soon,' Putin said in televised remarks.<br><br>'This is a real threat to us.'  <br>Kurdish forces announced camps packed with 20,000 displaced people, including the wives and children of ISIS fighters, were to be evacuated south after they were hit by Turkish shelling.<br>Meanwhile, at the Al-Hawl camp further south, notorious for housing British ISIS bride Shamima Begum, rioting and escape attempts were reported as news of Erdogan's offensive reached the facility. <br>Doctors Without Borders said it was forced to shut down a hospital, which served more than 200,000 people, because of the spreading violence.  <br>The White House is now putting Turkey on notice that it could face new 'powerful sanctions' and that the U.S.<br><br>will 'shut down the Turkish economy' if Ankara goes too far in its incursion against the Kurds in northern Syria.<br>Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at the White House on Friday the US hopes it will not have to use its new, expanded sanctions authority President Donald Trump has authorized.<br>But Erdogan today said his county 'will not take a step back' from its offensive against Syrian Kurdish militants it sees as a national security threat, defying serious warnings from the United States and other Western nations.<br>Speaking on the third day of the operation, he said he had given ample time to U.S.<br><br>President Donald Trump to stop supporting and arming the Kurdish fighters, which form the backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the Islamic State group.    <br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version="2" id="mol-8f55d9d0-ec39-11e9-b112-27cb5a0dfe00" website ISIS fanatics break out of Syrian jihadi prison camp