The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said it could not verify whether prisoners had escaped, but confirmed there was a mutiny.

 

At least 1,444 people died on Monday across Syria after the devastating earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said.

 

In rebel-held parts of the country's north-west, at least 733 people were killed and more than 2,100 injured, according to the White Helmets rescue group.

 

The incident in Rajo comes on the heels of an ISIS attack in December on a security complex in their former de facto Syrian capital of Raqa, which aimed to free fellow extremists from a prison there.

 

Six members of the Kurdish-led security forces that control the area were killed in the foiled assault.

 

The conflict in Syria started in 2011 with the brutal repression of peaceful protests and escalated to pull in foreign powers and global extremists.

 

Nearly half a million people have been killed, and the conflict has forced around half of the country's pre-war population to flee their homes, with many seeking refuge in Turkey.