Cautious calm after deadliest days in Syria’s Hawl Camp
HAWL, Syria (North Press) – After the highest weekly toll of assassinations in the most dangerous camp of Hawl, , east of Syria’s Hasakah, the security developments witnessed a cautious calm last night.
Unknown people fired at the Asayish causing the death of an Asayish member and wounding other after a raid on the Third Section searching for those who killed the head of the Syrian council, Hamad Saleh Hadid (Abu Ahmad Shamari), Friday.
Late on Friday, a source from Asayish said that a terrorist detonated a hand grenade and was killed as a result, as light weapons clashes erupted between the Asayish and unknown persons suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS).
The camp documented during the first week of the new year 12 murders, which is considered the highest weekly toll in the camp to date.
From time to time, smuggling operations are carried out for families of ISIS fighters from the camp, which houses about 11,000 women and children from ISIS families from about 54 countries, who are held in a separate section of the camp known as the Section of Foreigners or Muhajirat Women. They are known for being extremist in their views, according to the camp administration.
Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (AANES) had started in October 2020, by evicting Syrian families wanting to leave the camp, based on the initiative of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) and in response to the demands of sheikhs and elders of the region’s tribes.