Syria army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of jihadists: AFP
Wednesday, 21 January, 2026 , 07:34
Al-Hol Camp, Syria, Jan 21, 2026 (AFP) — Syria's army on Wednesday entered the country's vast Al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
The correspondent saw a large number of soldiers open the camp's metal gate and enter. Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities.
