Former IS fighters say they paid way out of Kurdish jail in ‘reconciliation’ scheme

Exclusive: documents also indicate prisoners who pay 6,000 being freed from cells in north-east Syria

Kurdish-led forces in charge of jails in north-east Syria housing about 10,000 men with alleged links to Islamic State are releasing prisoners in exchange for money under a reconciliation" scheme, according to interviews with two freed men and official documents.

Syrian men imprisoned without trial can pay an $8,000 (6,000) fine to be freed, a copy of the release form shows.