DAMASCUS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30 Islamic State (IS) inmates escaped from a Kurdish-run prison in Syria's northern province of Raqqa on Sunday, the pro-government al-Watan online newspaper reported.
The IS inmates escaped from the central prison in the northern part of the city at dawn, it reported.
The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fanned out in search of the fugitives and launched a raid in the surroundings.
Raqqa was the former de-facto capital of the IS until the U.S.-backed SDF gained control of it in 2017. ■
