Hundreds of Islamic State followers escaped after storming the gates of a detention camp in northern Syria on Sunday after Turkish forces shelled the region – and Kurdish fighters warned more mass breakouts are likely as Turkey continues pressing its military assault.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said around 950 ISIS supporters, including widows, wives and children of the terror group’s fighters, overpowered guards at the camp in Ein Eissa following clashes between Turkish and Kurdish forces.

The camp, about 20 miles south of the Turkish border, holds about 12,000 people, including the families of ISIS fighters.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain, said Turkish warplanes began attacking villages in the region on Sunday and some of the inhabitants ran off after fighting broke out between Turkey-backed Syrian fighter and Kurdish forces.

The SDF, which holds nearly 12,000 ISIS prisoners in Syria, said “mercenaries” attacked the camp and members of the terror group moved against the guards and opened the gates.

Marvan Qamishlo, a SDF official, told Reuters that the number of guards at the camp have fallen to about 70 from around 700 because the Kurds need fighters to battle Turkish troops.

The SDF was a major US ally in the years-long fight to destroy the ISIS caliphate in Syria, losing about 11,000 fighters in the process.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved against the Kurds last week after President Trump gave him a green light by moving US troops from the area – a move that has brought worldwide condemnation and criticism from a bipartisan number of congressional lawmakers.

Ankara considers the SDF a terror group aligned with insurgents operating inside Turkey.

Turkey wants to create a “safe zone” inside Syria to resettle some of the 3.6 refugees from the war in Syria it has been holding.

The US has threatened to impose crippling sanctions against Turkey if it allows ISIS fighters to escape from prison.

With Post wires