During the Syrian Civil War, multiple opposition and anti-Assad parties in the conflict have accused Assad of collusion with ISIS; several sources have claimed that ISIS prisoners were strategically released from Syrian prisons at the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.
Multiple opposition and anti-Assad parties in the conflict have accused Assad of collusion with ISIS. This was during the Syrian Civil War. ISIS prisoners were strategically released from Syrian prisons at the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. This was what several sources have claimed.