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The al-Hol camp holds families of people suspected of fighting for IS
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EU memo warns of Syria IS recruitment risk after al-Hol escapes

EU memo warns thousands fled Syria’s al-Hol camp, raising fears the Islamic State could exploit escapees for renewed recruitment efforts.

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24 February, 2026
A young girl disembarks a bus that transferred hundreds of people from Al Hol camp in Hasaka Governorate,
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Iraqis repatriated from al-Hol leaving camp 'practically empty'

The New Arab Staff
21 February, 2026
A picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, on August 26, 2022.
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Families leave Islamic State camp in Syria amid repatriations

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2026
Fencing is seen at the al-Hol camp
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Syria to close camps housing thousands linked to Islamic State

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 January, 2026
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Syrian army declares IS-linked camp 'closed security zone'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 January, 2026
A member of the Iraqi border forces surveys the area near a concrete wall along the Iraqi-Syrian border, in the town of al-Baghuz in the Al-Qaim district of western Iraq, on January 21, 2026 (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)
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Iraq says it will prosecute IS militants being moved from Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2026
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Exclusive: Syrians describe abuse by the SDF at al-Hol camp

Amer al-Sayed Ali
23 January, 2026
Women and children, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, sit near a wall inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on January 21, 2026. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty Images)
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Volatile security blocks UN from Syria IS-linked camp: UNHCR

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2026
Members of Syrian security forces stand guard at the entrance of the Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Hasakeh province
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Syrian army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of IS militants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2026
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Syria Kurds say thwarted escape attempt from Al-Hol camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 December, 2025
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Syria's SDF in Beirut discuss Lebanese women in al-Hol camp

The New Arab Staff
30 October, 2025
The al-Hol camp holds families of alleged Islamic State fighters
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New wave of Syrians leave al-Hol camp for home provinces

The New Arab Staff
27 October, 2025
Al-Hol is run by the Kurdish-led SDF in northern Syria
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More than 800 Iraqis repatriated from notorious Syria IS camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 August, 2025
Women and children walk at the Al-Amal Camp (formerly Al-Jadaa), south of Mosul in northern Iraq, which houses Iraqi families who have been repatriated from Syria's Al-Hol camp
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Iraq repatriates 25,000 from northeast Syria camps: CENTCOM

The New Arab Staff
16 August, 2025
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Iraq's uneasy path to reintegrating Al-Hol returnees

Robert Bociaga
29 April, 2025
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In Syria, Moroccan women and children hope for repartition

Basma El Atti
28 February, 2025
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US aid cuts risk riots, breakouts at Islamic State-linked camps in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 February, 2025
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Iraq repatriates 3,000 IS militants from Syria's Al-Hol camp

Dana Taib Menmy
13 February, 2025
Half of the residents at Al-Hol are children under the age of 11 [Getty Images]
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Iraq to repatriate all IS-linked nationals from al-Hol by 2027

The New Arab Staff
02 February, 2025
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Iraq repatriates 706 people from Syria camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 October, 2024
Half of the residents at Al-Hol are children under the age of 11 [Getty Images]
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Over 6,000 foreign children trapped in ‘dire’ Syria camps

The New Arab Staff
23 March, 2024