Injured Australian teen inside Gweiran prison in northeastern Syria describes non-stop shooting, says many children killed; Kurds say 550 inmates have surrendered

UNICEF calls for protection of some 850 minors detained inside the prison, some as young as 12, warning they could be 'harmed or forcibly recruited' by IS

Faceoff follows bold assault by the extremists that breached the premises of Gweiran Prison, allowing an unknown number of militants to escape

Concurrent assaults could suggest terror group is trying to boost its ranks and arsenal in an attempt to reorganize

'There is no substantiated suspicion that justifies an indictment' against one of two suspects arrested in connection with killings, officials say

Officials say no casualties caused in the attacks, which come shortly after the one-year anniversary of the US assassination of Iranian Gen. Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant

According to figures compiled by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,505 of the casualties were civilians and among those 360 were children

German-Moroccan suspect detained in August after trying to buy a semi-automatic weapon and a hand grenade online

Kurdish forces do not say how troops were killed in assault on outpost north of Kirkuk; it is 3rd attack on fighters blamed on IS jihadists in less than 2 weeks

Court also hands Taha Al-J. a life sentence, orders him to pay $57,000 to 5-year-old victim's mother