Syria starts emptying Daesh-linked Al-Hol camp: officials to AFP
DAMASCUS(RAHNUMA): 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 […]
Iraq begins closing Al-Hol camp, 19,000 citizens return home
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Iraq said it has begun dismantling the Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, repatriating thousands of its citizens as part of efforts to prevent the site from being used to promote extremist ideology, state news agency INA reported on Wednesday. The Ministry of Migration and Displacement said around 19,000 Iraqis returned from Al-Hol to their […]
