US EditionSyrian Military, Kurdish-Led Forces Announce New Truce After Guards Leave Camp Housing IS Families
The four-day truce follows clashes and a prison break amid failed negotiations over merging forces and control of IS detainee sites in northeast Syria, where al-Hol houses 24,000 people.
- On Tuesday in Raqqa, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces abandoned a camp housing people linked to IS, and hours later, the Syrian military and SDF announced a new four-day truce.
- Two weeks of clashes followed a breakdown in merger talks after a Sunday deal for Damascus to take over prisons in northeast Syria from the Syrian Democratic Forces faltered, sparking Monday fighting.
- Al-Hol camp holds about 24,000 people, including roughly 14,500 Syrians, nearly 3,000 Iraqis, with about 6,500 foreign nationals in the annex and more than a dozen northeast prisons holding around 9,000 detainees.
- Security forces recaptured 81 escapees while pursuing others, Syria's interior ministry accused the SDF of releasing detainees, and the defense ministry said it is ready to take over al-Hol and prisons.
- Earlier this month government offensives seized Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces, including oil and gas fields and dams, while U.S. Central Command monitors the situation and envoy Tom Barrack urges SDF integration.
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The guards of the camp, where ISIS's families are locked up, in the north-east of the country, left their positions on Tuesday, January 20th. The national army advanced to the edge of Hassaké and approached Qamishli, on the Turkish border.
Syrian military announces new, 4 day ceasefire with Kurdish forces
The Syrian military announced Tuesday evening a new four-day ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after a previous agreement fell through. There was no immediate response from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The two sides have been clashing for two weeks, amid a breakdown in negotiations over implementation of a deal to merge their forces together. The announcement came after SDF forces earlier Tuesday abandoned their posts guarding a cam…
The al-Hol camp in Syria, in which ISIS members are housed, is no longer under the control of Kurdish militias. According to government troops, prisoners have escaped.
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