Trump Vows 'Very Serious Retaliation' for Death of 3 Americans in Syria
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The Kurdish website Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said about 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from Syria's Shaddadi prison.
Earlier, the Syrian army said "a number of" Islamic State militants had escaped a prison that had been under SDF control in the eastern city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them.
The army did not say how many escaped.
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