US Averted Mass ISIS Escape From Syrian Prisons, Officials Say (Worthy News Investigation)

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International CorrespondentDAMASCUS (Worthy News) – The United States military has helped avert a potentially catastrophic mass escape of thousands of Islamic State (ISIS) militants from detention facilities in northeastern Syria as instability deepened in the region, officials said.More than 5,700 adult male ISIS detainees were recently transferred from prisons in Syria to Iraqi custody in a U.S.-supported operation, according to U.S. Central Command (C