US, Kurdish authorities unable to ensure security in northeastern Syria: Russian diplomat

A high-ranking Russian diplomat says US occupation forces and local Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have failed to eliminate the hotbeds of terrorism and guarantee stability and security in the areas they control.

“It is obvious that neither US forces nor the local Kurdish official have managed to ensure security in the northeastern Syrian territories. We once again stress the need for unconditional respect for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and restoration of Syrian government ... control over areas occupied by foreign military contingents,” Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Zaitsev said on Thursday.

He also slammed US military airstrikes in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, where Daesh Takfiri terrorists launched an attack on a detention center run by the Kurdish-led militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last week.

US seeking to revive Daesh terrorists, justify its occupation through Hasakah violence: Syria UN envoy

The Syrian ambassador to the UN has deplored latest bitter clashes in the northeastern Hasakh province, stating that the US is seeking to revive Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and justify its occupation.

“As a result of the US air raids, the buildings of the local technical college and the university’s economic department were demolished. A fuel depot was destroyed as well. There were significant losses, including civilian casualties. The fact that Daesh could launch an armed attack on Ghwayran prison, where many dangerous terrorists are being kept, proved yet again that the US military has failed in its mission” to fight the Takfiri terrorist group,” Zaitsev said.

The Russian diplomat then denounced Daesh and the US-backed SDF countermeasures as “crimes that have resulted in many deaths and significant destruction of civilian infrastructure.”

“Damascus has similarly condemned the barbaric nature of US air raids,” Zaitsev said, calling on the US and Turkey to cease their illegal military presence in Syria.

On Wednesday, the SDF said it had retaken full control of Ghwayran prison, ending six days of battles that turned the largest city in northeastern Syria into a war zone.

Kurdish militants fully recapture Daesh-held prison in Syria’s Hasakah province

Kurdish-led militants have fully recaptured a Daesh-held prison in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakah.

More than 100 Daesh terrorists launched an attack against Ghwayran prison on January 20 to free their comrades from the detention center, which was thought to hold some 3,500 Daesh inmates at the time of the assault.

Daesh terrorists entered the prison after their two explosive-laden vehicles steered by bombers destroyed the entrance and killed the guards. Terrorists caused a major jailbreak of an unknown number of their comrades, seized weapons and took over several cell blocks.

The brazen Daesh jailbreak attempt and ensuing clashes, according to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, left 124 Daesh terrorists, 50 SDF militants and seven civilians dead. The attack is considered the group’s most high-profile and sophisticated terrorist operation since the loss of its so-called caliphate nearly three years ago.

The development comes as security conditions have been deteriorating in the SDF-controlled areas in Syria’s northern and northeastern provinces of Raqqah, Hasakah and Dayr al-Zawr.

Local Syrians complain that the SDF’s constant raids have generated a state of frustration and instability, severely affecting their businesses and livelihood.

Kurdish-led SDF conduct search for Daesh militants in Hasakah: Report

The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly search for Daesh suspects in Syria’s Hasakah following a prison break and the terrorist group’s takeover of a prison.

Residents accuse the US-sponsored militants of stealing crude oil and refusing to spend money on service sectors.

Local councils affiliated with the SDF also stand accused of financial corruption.

The US military has stationed forces and equipment in eastern and northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.

Damascus, however, says the unlawful deployment is meant to plunder the country’s resources.

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