Security forces arrest ISIS women attempting to escape al-Hol camp: SOHR

Security forces on Thursday arrested ISIS families that attempted to escape Syria’s al-Hol camp.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg 2024/01/04 16:00

Asayish forces in al-Hol camp (Photo: SOHR)

Syria Al-Hol Camp northeast Syria Asayish ISIS families

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – The Internal Security Forces (Asayish in Kurdish) on Thursday arrested three women and two children of ISIS families attempting to escape al-Hol camp, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday.

SOHR said the women and children were taken to a security centre after their arrest.

The al-Hol camp, controlled by the Syrian Kurdish Asayish, houses thousands of Iraqi, Syrian, and foreign ISIS families.

On Dec. 28, security forces said they killed a senior ISIS official Abu Obeida al-Iraqi in Syria’s al-Hol camp in a joint operation with the US-led coalition. SOHR said his wife was also killed in the operation.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led coalition have consistently urged foreign nations to bring back their citizens, since the overcrowded al-Hol camp poses a security risk, and there are fears of indoctrination of children.

The Iraqi government has recently repatriated several Iraqi families from the camp.