5,000 people left Hawl Camp in one year – CJTFOIR
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Over 5,000 people of the families of the Islamic State (ISIS) have left Hawl Camp in Northeast Syria for less than a year, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTFOIR) said on Friday.
On its official X Platform, the CJTFOIR said “Al-Hol Camp has seen a decrease of over 5,000 people since June of last year.”
It added that the efforts to repatriate ISIS families from foreign countries who had previously joined the group continue.
“Repatriation is the only durable solution to the threat of regional resurgence,” the CJTFOIR indicated. “and [repatriation] is essential to ensuring the lasting defeat of Daesh [ISIS].”
Hawl Camp is home to approximately 55,000 individuals, including Syrian IDPs and Iraqi refugees. The camp also includes 2,423 families with connections to the Islamic State (ISIS) militants originating from around 60 Arab and foreign countries.
With the expulsion of ISIS in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria, in 2019, more than 10,000 ISIS militants surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with the support of the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which declared victory over ISIS after capturing the town of Baghuz, eastern Deir ez-Zor at the time.
The AANES, human rights organizations, and Syrian activists and researchers have appealed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for adopting the issue and referring it to the International Criminal Court. However, all the calls were unanswered.