Death toll update | Number of fatalities in Ghuwayran events jumps to 265, after killing three ISIS fighters, including two suicide attackers

Al-Hasakah province: SOHR activists have reported that a joint patrol of Counter Terrorism Forces and SDF, under supervision of American forces, has executed a security operation to save five hostages held by ISIS fighters in a residential building in Ghuwayran neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah, when the Counter Terrorism Forces sieged the building all around.

According to SOHR sources, the joint forces killed three ISIS fighters, two of them bombed themselves with explosive belts and the third was shot by the joint patrol forces. The fates of the hostages remain unknown till now with ongoing clashes.

Accordingly, the total death toll since the start of Ghuwayran prison break on January 20 evening has reached 265: 184 ISIS fighters, seven civilians and 74 members of Asayish Forces, prison guards and counter-terrorism forces.
Observatory asserts that the death toll is even higher, and the real number of fatalists is not exactly identified, as the fate of dozens members on both sides is still unknown. In addition, there are many people who have sustained serious injuries.
Earlier SOHR sources reported that an ISIS cell of at least four suicide bombers is holding the head of Kumin neighborhood and three civilians as hostages in a residential building on Aghwat Street in Ghuwayan neighbourhood of Al-Hasakah city, while anti-terrorism forces have surrounded the location.
SOHR reliable sources reported that clashes have been renewed in the vicinity of Ghuwayran prison in Al-Hasakah, between SDF and Asayish on the one hand, and ISIS members on the other.
This development comes after hours of cautious calm, as military forces have been conducting searches and inspections of neighbourhoods surrounding the prison.
According to Syrian Observatory sources, military forces have allowed some people to return to check their houses, having been displaced from them in the light of blazing events of Ghuwayiran prison.
This caution calm coincides with the refusal of the remaining ISIS fighters in the prison to surrender, as they have sworn to fight to the death. Meanwhile, military forces are besieging this group, but they have not launched any operations against the group that holed up in the basement so far, fearing the possible presence of cubs of the caliphate.