BREAKING: Hundreds of ISIS affiliates escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling

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At least 750 people with suspected links to Islamic State have reportedly fled a displacement camp in north-east Syria, local officials have said, raising fears that the Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces in the area could lead Isis to regain strength amid the chaos.

The 249 women and 700 children of the “caliphate” held in a secure annex at the Ain Issa camp began to panic and riot and scared away the guards after Turkish shelling struck close to the area on Sunday, said Abdulkader Mwahed, the joint president for humanitarian affairs in the Kurdish-held part of Syria, in a statement.

The article goes on to state the following:

Jelal Ayaf, the co-chair of the camp’s management, said sleeper cells within the civilian section also emerged during the riot, attacking the remaining guards who had not already fled the shelling.

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A video was filmed earlier today from Ain Issa camp northern Raqqa. Voice says: 13-10 on 12pm Ain Issa camp is burning after riot caused by ISIS foreigners.
800 ISIS families managed to escape the camp today. pic.twitter.com/M0OSvEi0aj

— Mazen Hassoun (@HassounMazen) October 13, 2019

News agency Reuters reports the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria says 785 people affiliated with I.S. have escaped the Ain Issa camp following shelling by Turkey

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 13, 2019

BREAKING As chaos envelopes N. Syria, hundreds of ISIS affiliated women escape from camp, executions of Kurds, 210,000 people fleeing, US announces 1,000 troops will evacuate in a “deliberate withdrawal..as safely & quickly as possible” (US Def. Sec. Mark Esper)

— Bill Neely (@BillNeelyNBC) October 13, 2019

The escape of hundreds of #ISIS family members from Ain al Issa camp in northern #Syria is an entirely predictable result of #Turkey‘s incursion. It was an opportunistic jail break that observers of the region saw coming from miles away.

— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) October 13, 2019

4/ I just passed SDF checkpoint in northern Syria. Due to escape of ISIS prisoners today, there are new rules at checkpoints: Every vehicle must be stopped & if necessary searched. Each passenger must show ID.

Kurds here very worried that ISIS might go on local killing spree.

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019

2/ Unconfirmed reports that Ain Issa camp is now under control of Turkish backed groups.

785 foreigners affiliated with ISIS have escaped. @akhbar

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019

3/ This is a photo released by the Syrian Observatory allegedly showing the escape of ISIS affiliated members from Ain Issa camp. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/nyQRpGLjGU

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019

3/ We are outside Qamishli. More and more refugees on the road. These people just passed us. They are Kurds from Ras al Ayn and are already on the run since Wednesday.

They are so, so scared.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/WN02jAq14G

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019

1/ Shooting 10 minutes ago very near to us as we were driving through the city of Qamishli in northern #Syria. We filmed the incident on our phone.

Unedited footage. This is what happened. We’re safe now.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/dlQmk3i595

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019

US troops withdraw from another Syrian town. Ain Issa, as Turkish backed forces advance, cutting the main US supply route. Amid reports of a mass escape of hundreds of ISIS affiliated women & their children during shelling of their camp. Our latest https://t.co/95EX1RdyR4

— Liz Sly (@LizSly) October 13, 2019

The Ain Issa camp escape is still an emerging story and details are very confusing, lots of conflicting reports – but here is what we’ve been able to find multiple and/or trusted sources for: https://t.co/f9ep6cFyGb

— Bethan McKernan (@mck_beth) October 13, 2019

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