ISIS Prepares for Breakout in Prisons and Camps
September 23, 2019 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ISIS%202019%20SRF%20Cover%20Photo_0.jpg?itok=t5cgP4Di)
ISIS is preparing to free its loyal fighters and followers from prisons and displacement camps across Syria and Iraq following ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's September 16, 2019 statement encouraging a breakout. In one camp in Northern Syria, ISIS has been fundraising via encrypted social media channels for several months.