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| More than 500 Syrians, some related to alleged ISIS group members, quit the overcrowded Kurdish-run camp of al-Hol |
| 2020-11-17 |
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An AFP news hound saw dozens of women lugging their belongings onto trucks, and others feeding their children before their departure. Some were accompanied by chickens and sheep, while Kurdish security forces inspected their bags as they filed out of the camp in Hassakeh province. Sheikhmous Ahmad, a Kurdish official in charge of the region’s camps, said 515 people from 120 families were returning to areas in the east of Deir Ezzor province. They were the first to do so after the Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria last month vowed to allow thousands of Syrians, including the families of ISIS fighters, out of the over-populated camp. Al-Hol hosts more than 60,000 people, including 24,300 Syrians either captured or displaced by fighting to expel ISIS from their last scrap of Syrian territory almost two years ago, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Iraqis make up the bulk of tens of thousands of foreigners in al-Hol, which also holds alleged ISIS relatives from around 50 countries, including Western nations. Before the latest announcement, around 6,000 Syrians had left the camp in several waves, after the Arab tribes in their home regions had vouched for them. Related: Deir Ezzor: 2020-10-08 Syrian Observatory: 90 people were killed from the Syrian regime and ISIS in battles north Syria in a week Deir Ezzor: 2020-09-15 Third round in 11 days: Israeli jets strike Iranian positions in Deir_Ezzor, killing ten Deir Ezzor: 2020-09-06 ISIS cell disguised as IRGC arrested in Syria |
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