NEW YORK: A UN human rights expert on Tuesday voiced serious concern for the well-being of more than 700 children incarcerated at Al-Ghuwayran prison, in Al-Hasakeh in northeast Syria, and called on all countries to repatriate their young citizens held in the country. The prison was the scene of a deadly attempted jailbreak by hundreds of Daesh insurgents last week. “Boys as
The attempted jailbreak began last Thursday with two coordinated car bomb attacks to free suspected Daesh members — sparking violence between ISIL fighters and Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) which control the prison, including in residential areas of Al-Hasekeh.