160 Iraqi families leave Syria’s Hawl Camp 

Iraqi families preparing to leave Hawl Camp, northeastern Syria, and head towards al-Jadaa camp in Mosul, Iraq. (Nov. 11, 2023) – North Press
Iraqi families preparing to leave Hawl Camp, northeastern Syria, and head towards al-Jadaa camp in Mosul, Iraq. (Nov. 11, 2023) – North Press

HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – About 160 Iraqi families left on Tuesday Hawl Camp in Northeast Syria and headed to their country.

The 160 families, totaling 700 people, left the camp in coordination between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and the Iraqi government.

Sheikhmous Ahmad, head of the AANES’ IDPs and Refugees Affairs Office, said this was the 17th batch and third in 2024 of the Iraqi families that have left the camp.

He told North Press that the process was completed through a coordination between their Office and Iraqi Parliament’s Displaced Committee.

The latest evacuation of the Iraqi families from the camp was in April where 191 families were repatriated.

Hawl Camp, 45 km east of the city of Hasakah, is a house for about 55.829 individuals, including 28.725 Iraqis, 18.850 Syrians and 8.254 of foreign nationalities, according to the latest statistics obtained by North Press. 

By Samer Yassin