Armoured vehicles line a road as Syrian government forces make their way to the Kurdish stronghold city of Hasakeh in the northeast. (January 20, 2026)
US helped stop prison break of European Daesh fighters in Syria: Trump
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2 hours ago|US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he helped stop a prison break of European Daesh fighters in Syria, where the central government has pressed an offensive against Kurdish fighters in charge of prison camps for Daesh suspects.
"European terrorists were in prison. They had a prison break. And working with the government of Syria and the new leader of Syria, they captured all the prisoners, put them back to jail," Trump said in an interview with the New York Post.
