SOHR said their sources estimates hundreds of ISIS inmates escaped from al-Sinaa, including two "emirs” who are believed to have fled to Jarablus, which is located northeast of Aleppo at the border with Turkey, and is under the control of Turkish-backed factions.
The war monitor says, according to information confirmed by its sources, other inmates are hiding in areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the governorates of Hasaka, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor and Manbij in Aleppo.
Two women were arrested for trying to join their husbands, who escaped from the prison, in Turkey, SOHR said.
The monitor also said three escaped ISIS inmates were arrested with a smuggler in a village north of Raqqa on February 3. The smuggler was allegedly in the process of bringing them to Turkey for $4,000 each.
The SDF announced it had regained control of al-Sinaa prison, which houses thousands of ISIS inmates, on January 26, following days of clashes when sleeper cells in the area set off three explosions near the prison, triggering a mass break out.
Kurdish forces said 374 ISIS members were killed during seven days of clashes, largely in the vicinity of the prison, a converted technical school in Hasaka’s Ghweiran neighborhood.
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