Syria’s Hawl records over 100 slayings in 18 months – UN
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Tuesday, the United Nations recorded more than 100 slayings, including women in Hawl Camp in northeastern Syria during the last 18 months.
The Guardian cited Imran Riza, the UN resident coordinator in Syria, as saying that the camp is becoming increasingly unsafe and child detainees are being condemned to a life with no future.
Riza called on countries, with nationals held in camps run by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), to repatriate their citizens from the sprawling facility.
The AANES was first formed in 2014 in the Kurdish-majority regions of Afrin, Kobani and Jazira in northern Syria following the withdrawal of the government forces. Later, it was expanded to Manbij, Tabqa, Raqqa, Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) defeated ISIS militarily.
He stressed that since January 2021, there have been around 106 murders in the camp, and many of the victims were women.
Hawl Camp, 45 km east of the city of Hasakah, is a house for 55.829 individuals of family members of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS), including 28.725 Iraqis, 18.850 Syrians and 8.254 of foreign nationalities, according to the latest statistics obtained by North Press.
The camp witnesses murders with different methods, most notably firearms. Since the beginning of 2022, the camp has witnessed 26 murders, two anonymous bodies, 14 Iraqis and 10 Syrians, including a paramedic who worked for the Kurdish Red Crescent,
Also, 15 murder attempts were foiled.
Riza, who visited the camp several time, stressed, “The only solution is emptying the camp.”
Iraq has repatriated some of its citizens. Other countries have refused to take back theirs, Riza added.
Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) in Hawl Camp east of Hasakah, northeast Syria, found on June 28 a body of a young man in the sixth sector that is designated for Syrians.