Syria: six people including four women killed by IS in Al-Hol in December
The al-Hol camp in the northeast of the country is under the control of Kurdish forces.
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Six people, including four women from the Al-Hol IDP camp in Syria were shot dead by the Islamic State (IS) in December, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) announced on Sunday (December 19th). ).
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Controlled by the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration, the Al-Hol camp, which hosts relatives of jihadist fighters, is home to nearly 62,000 displaced persons, 93% of whom are women and children, half coming from Iraq.
According to the UK-based OSDH, which has an extensive network of sources in Syria, "
six killings have been committed by
IS
cells
" in the camp since early December.
The latest victim was shot dead on Saturday, December 18.
Among these victims are two men and a woman of Iraqi nationality, two Syrians and a woman whose identity is not known, reports OSDH.
#SOHR Al-Hawl camp since early December |
Six killed, including four women, mostly Iraqi peoplehttps: //t.co/rjHXXkvgrB
- المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان (@syriahr) December 19, 2021
Since the start of the year, the number of assassinations in the camp has been on the rise.
No less than 86 people, including 63 Iraqi refugees, were killed in Al-Hol, according to an NGO report.
A "time
bomb
"
OSDH director Rami Abdel Rahman warns against "
the time bomb that the Al-Hol camp has become
", stressing to AFP that "
chaos and insecurity continue within of the camp
”.
In March, the Kurdish authorities launched
a major operation
that led to the arrest of 125 ISIS members in the camp.
The UN has repeatedly warned of a deteriorating security situation in Al-Hol, rocked by escape attempts and attacks on guards and NGO workers as well as residents.
The overcrowded camp hosts around 10,000 foreign women,
their children
and relatives of jihadist fighters.
Despite repeated exhortations from the Kurds, most Western countries refuse to repatriate their citizens who are in the camp, contenting themselves with trickle-down repatriations for fear of possible terrorist acts on their soil.
The countries of which the IS fighters and prisoners are nationals have not responded to requests from the Kurdish authorities to set up an international tribunal to try them.
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(with AFP)
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