DAMASCUS: Syria began evacuating remaining residents of Al-Hol camp, which long housed relatives of suspected Daesh group fighters, as it empties the formerly Kurdish-controlled facility, two officials told AFP. Al-Hol, located in a desert region of Hasakah province, had been Syria’s largest camp housing relatives of suspected Daesh fighters. Last month, the government took over the camp from its Kurdish administrators, who had long run it, as Kurdish forces ceded territory and Damascus extended its control across swathes of Syria’s northeast.

After the withdrawal of Kurdish forces on January 20 and under pressure from the Syrian army, the camp was emptied of most of its 24,000 residents, including 6,300 women and…

DAMASCUS: The UN refugee agency said Sunday that a large number of residents of a camp housing family members of suspected Daesh group militants have left and the Syrian…

The al-Hol camp population is reported to have dropped by thousands after SDF's chaotic handover to Syrian government.

DAMASCUS: Syria began evacuating remaining residents of Al-Hol camp, which long housed relatives of suspected Daesh group fighters, as it empties the formerly Kurdish-controlled…