INTENSE BATTLE Kurdish security forces deploy in Syria’s northern city of Hasakeh on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 (January 23 in Manila), amid ongoing fighting for a third day with the Islamic State (IS) group. Fighting raged for a third day between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, with the violence killing nearly 90, a monitor said. AFP PHOTO
HASAKEH: Fighting raged in Syria for a fourth day Sunday (Monday in Manila) between US-backed Kurdish forces and Islamic State group jihadists who have attacked a prison, killing 136 people including civilians, a war monitor said.