Syria rebels seize most of Aleppo jail, free hundreds

Syrian rebels on Thursday seized control of most of Aleppo's central prison, freeing hundreds of detainees, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said to AFP.

"Ahrar al-Sham and Al-Nusra Front [brigades] have taken control of 80 percent of Aleppo central prison and freed hundreds of prisoners," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that fighting was ongoing in the prison.