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After the start of the Turkish offensive in northern Syria in early October, the Kurdish authorities face a new problem: the escapes from the Al-Hol camp. This camp of nearly 70,000 people, which far exceeds the size of the village where it is built, hosts mostly families of Islamic State fighters. In this "little caliphate" reconstituted in the desert, escapes have multiplied for two months, many jihadists trying to join the lines of pro-Turkish militiamen entered Syria.
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A hundred jihadist women fled
The wire fence that surrounds the huge camp of Al-Hol for miles is not a very difficult obstacle to cross. In just two months, 700 jihadist women tried to escape, most often Syrian women and Iraqis. A hundred have reached it, others have been stopped in this end of rocky desert where the cells of the Islamic State are active. A member of the camp administration acknowledges it: with winter approaching, the supervisors are overwhelmed
"We live in worry here at the camp, smugglers constantly roam, families of the Islamic State exploit the elements, such as rain, fog, when they escape, they go near the camp, the smugglers wait for them two or three kilometers away, "he says. "The Turkish intervention has created chaos here and the checkpoints can not control everyone, ask for papers every time in these periods of chaos, it's really easy for smugglers to get these families out, especially when they have dollars. "
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The numbers of the smugglers are exchanged on the mobiles
In the alleys of the camp, the son of the headphones out black niqabs, laptops are in all hands to exchange the numbers of smugglers. This Iraqi knows the price list by heart, her neighbors have made the trip.
"It was a group of 8. They found the smuggler at the roadblocks, some of them went to Iraq, others to Syria.If it's for Syria, it's $ 1,500. you want to go to Iraq, to Erbil or to Turkey, but it's $ 2,500, a lot of people do that, the people I know have come to Erbil, they're nice, quiet, in a house, " she. A woman, indexed up, interrupts the conversation: "The Islamic State will stay and we will make Al-Hol camp one of its governorates".
"We want the Islamic State to come back"
In the camp, difficult to finish an interview without a jihadist comes to proclaim the slogan of the Islamic State. For these women, leaving the camp is also going on a mission: all want to lead the ideological battle in the region. "I want to go with my family to Turkey, Turkey is my dream, to make sure that Islamic State comes back, if it's not possible, I'll go to Iraq, we want the Islamic State. come back, with the help of God, because he made us proud. "
Last week, escaped Russian, Uzbek and Syrian women were arrested in a village. Their destination: the Turkish border, two hours away. On confiscated phones, audio messages between smugglers and jihadists. "God willing," said the woman, "I'll leave tomorrow."