NE Syria’s camps management warns against rising violence in Hawl
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – Management of camps of northeast Syria warned against escalation of violence in Hawl Camp, northeast Syria.
In a press conference, co-chair of Hawl Camp Governing Council, Jihan Hannan, said that the increasing Turkish attacks on the region have affected the camp, where a lot of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) militants are held.
Hannan added that killing cases in the camp that includes about 55.000 individuals of family members of the ISIS have increased.
She went further saying that Turkey intends to destabilize the region through military escalation and increasing drones attacks.
Since early 2022, about 31 killings have been recorded in the camp using weapons and sharp tools, a security source told North Press.
Hawl Camp, 45 km east of the city of Hasakah, is a house for 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.
The camp witnesses murders with different methods, most notably firearms. The management of the camp fears that the latest Turkish threats of invading areas in northern Syria would pave the way for ISIS to reorganize its ranks; North Press cited a statement by the management as saying.
Thousands of ISIS family members, residing in the Hawl Camp and detained in prisons in northeast Syria, are waiting for the right opportunity to revive the organization, and any intervention in the region will secure a fertile ground for its revival.
The management of camps of northeast Syria called for the international community and humanitarian organization to assume their responsibilities in protecting areas in northeastern Syria against any Turkish threat that paves the way for the revival of the ISIS sleeper cells.
ISIS lost its final stronghold in Syria in March 2019. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with the support of the US-led Global Coalition, defeated ISIS after fierce battles in the town of Baghouz in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, bringing an end to the so-called caliphate declared by the terrorist ISIS.
After Baghouz, thousands of ISIS fighters were transferred to prisons, while their families were transferred to Hawl and Roj camps in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES)-held areas.
Issue of the family members of the ISIS held in camps in northeast Syria constitutes an ongoing challenge for the non-internationally recognized AANES, which repeatedly demands that the concerned countries repatriate their nationals.
Also, the AANES continues to call on the international powers to provide support for establishing rehabilitation centers and help in tackling the security situation in the facilities were ISIS foreign nationals are held.
Despite many calls, the majority of countries, including those participating in the Global coalition, refuse to repatriate their nationals.
The countryside of Deir ez-Zor witnesses an increase in cases of assassination, targeting members of the SDF, employees of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), tribal leaders and civilians, despite the intensive security launched by the SDF.