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Kurdish-led forces in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah said on Monday that last week’s clashes at a detention centre costs the lives of just under 500 people, including four civilians, 77 prison staff and 374 prisoners.
Announcing the death toll at a press conference on Monday, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that the heavy fighting since Islamic State group (IS) militants first attacked the prison in the Ghwayran neighbourhood had seen them lose 40 fighters.
The Syrian Democratic Forces say they’ve regained full control of al-Sina’a prison in Hasaka city after 500 Islamic State militants gave themselves up following clashes in some buildings.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained full control of al-Sina’a prison in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasaka on Wednesday, spokesman Farhad Shami said in a tweet, a week after a breakout by Islamic State prisoners left dozens dead.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates in which at least three people were killed.
Abu Dhabi said drones may have been used in two separate explosions in the capital in the Houthis’ first attack acknowledged by the Gulf state, which is the region’s commercial hub and is roughly 800km from eastern Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Monday said it carried out air strikes on what it called military targets at Yemen’s Sanaa international airport, from where drone strikes have been launched against Saudi targets.
The Yemeni capital is held by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, which has been battling the coalition for seven years.
Clashes erupted between Iranian soldiers and Taliban forces near the Afghanistan-Iran border, but appear to have led to no casualties and was later described as a “misunderstanding”.
Multiple videos on Wednesday showed Taliban troops mobilising. Gunfire can be heard while one shows Iranian forces firing artillery shells in response to Taliban fire.
