Syria’s government is moving to permanently shut down displacement camps that still hold thousands of civilians, including foreigners, linked to the Daesh terror group, a senior official said Friday, as Damascus expands control in the country’s northeast.
Two camps holding more than 20,000 men, women and children linked to the groups are still open in northeast Syria. One fell to Syrian government control in recent weeks, and the other is still held by the terrorist PKK's Syrian offshoot, YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Syria's army announced Friday that a camp housing suspected relatives of Daesh terrorist group fighters was closed to the public, a measure a military source said was meant to bolster security around the facility.
Earlier this month, the army entered the vast al-Hol camp after the withdrawal of YPG.
In a statement Friday, it said the area was a "closed security zone."
