Syria's Al-Hol camp: child inmates and false identities

Paris (AFP) Mar 18, 2024

The al-Hol camp is the largest of two in northeastern Syria holding the families of Islamic State fighters. Run by US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), its population spiked at more than 70,000 as the coalition began tightening its grip on the last IS holdout in Baghouz late in 2018. Iraqis have always been "the dominant nationality" in the camp, with their numbers at on