Islamic State prison break in northeast Syria
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The Islamic State earlier this month attacked a prison in northeast Syria that held as many as 5,000 members of the extremist group. Kurdish-led forces, backed by the US, regained control of the complex, but it's unclear how many IS militants escaped. The search is now underway to find them. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.