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Attack on Kurdish Prison in Syria Shows ISIS Is Still Alive and Kicking
ISIS is good at spotting weakness, as it has done in Iraq. Plus the Kurdish loyalties spread among Russia, Syria, Iran and the United States make it hard to predict a Kurdish reconciliation or a diplomatic solution in Syria
After Islamic State militiamen broke into a prison in the northern Syrian town of Hassakeh and freed hundreds of prisoners, it was almost a week before the Kurdish troops who control the province announced Wednesday that they had regained control of the jail, halted the riots and restored order.
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