US EditionSyrian Officials Announce 'Mass Escape' From ISIS Detention Camp Last Month
At least 133 breaches at Al-Hol camp caused mass escapes after Syrian forces took control, with 70% of 23,500 residents being women, children, and elderly, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a now-closed Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria recorded a mass escape with at least 133 breaches after Syrian government forces took control, though the total who fled remains unclear.
- Authorities said they emptied Al-Hol because its remote desert location bordered areas outside full government control and many residents were women, children and older people needing protection.
- Hundreds of residents have been transferred to the Akhtarin camp in Aleppo province and others repatriated to Iraq, while Syrian authorities relocated many for aid agencies and children’s education.
- Clashes with Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces caused most escapes, and Syrian authorities say they will detain anyone proven guilty and contact third-country governments.
- After IS's defeat in 2019 the Al-Hol camp held about 73,000 people, declining to about 23,500 residents, including 6,500 people from 44 nationalities and many children, women and older people.
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Syrian Interior Ministry: SDF Withdrew from Al-Hol Without Coordination, Security Plan Activated for Hassakeh
The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced Wednesday that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from the Al-Hol camp without prior coordination with either the Syrian government or the international coalition, creating what officials described as a major security vacuum. At a press conference, Ministry Spokesperson Noureddin al-Baba said that before Syrian Arab Army units and internal security forces arrived at the site, “widespread escapes…
Thousands of people have fled the al-Hol camp in Syria after Kurdish forces withdrew. Syrian authorities have found more than 100 breaches in the camp's walls, and the number of those who have fled is still being verified.
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