Reports: 5 ISIS Members Flee Jail After Bombing by Turkey

Smoke rises from an explosion in the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, as seen from Akcakale, Turkey on Oct. 9, 2019. Haberturk/via Reuters TV

Kurdish officials said that five members of the ISIS terrorist group fled a jail in northern Syria amid fighting on Friday.

Turkey escalated an offensive on Friday against the Kurdish militia in attacks in northeastern Syria that the Kurds say could allow the group to reemerge.