The U.N. refugee agency says residents are leaving Syria’s al-Hol camp in large numbers, and Syrian authorities plan to relocate those who remain. On Sunday, UNHCR says it has seen a significant drop in the camp population in recent weeks. UNHCR says Syria wants to move the remaining families to the Akhtarin camp in Aleppo province.
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Here's who is most at risk and symptoms to watch forDemocrats are becoming a force in traditionally conservative The VillagesStates reliant on Colorado River fail to meet the latest deadline to find consensusColorectal cancer is rising in younger adults. Here's who is most at risk and symptoms to watch forRFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. A year later, it’s erodingRFK Jr. pledged more transparency. Here's what the public doesn't know anymoreWhether it's a mini-sabbatical or an adult gap year, more people are taking extended work breaksWomen wait at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women receive medication and treatment for their children at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women wait outside a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women wait at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women wait at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women receive medication and treatment for their children at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women receive medication and treatment for their children at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women wait outside a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Women wait outside a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces , in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. DAMASCUS — The U.N. refugee agency said Sunday that a large number of residents of a camp housing family members of suspected Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, UNHCR’s representative in Syria, said in a statement that the agency “has observed a significant decrease in the number of residents in Al-Hol camp in recent weeks.” “Syrian authorities have informed UNHCR of their plan to relocate the remaining families to Akhtarin camp in Aleppo Governorate and have requested UNHCR’s support to assist the population in the new camp, which we stand ready to provide,” he said. He added that UNHCR “will continue to support the return and reintegration of Syrians who have departed Al-Hol, as well as those who remain.” The statement did not say how residents had left the camp or how many remain. Many families are believed to have escaped either during the chaos when government forces captured the camp from the Kurdish-led There was no immediate statement from the Syrian government and a government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. At its peak after the defeat of IS in Syria in 2019, around 73,000 people were living at al-Hol. Since then, the number has declined with some countries repatriating their citizens. The camp’s residents are mostly children and women, including many wives or widows of IS members. The camp’s residents are not technically prisoners and most have not been accused of crimes, but they have been held in de facto detention at the heavily guarded facility.on Jan. 21 during a weekslong offensive against the SDF, which had been running the camp near the border with Iraq for a decade. Awho were held in detention centers in northeastern Syria have been transferred to Iraq to stand trial under an agreement with the U.S. The U.S. military said Friday that it had completed the transfer of more than 5,700 adult male IS suspects from detention facilities in Syria to Iraqi custody. Iraq’s National Center for International Judicial Cooperation said a total of 5,704 suspects from 61 countries who were affiliated with IS — most of them Syrian and Iraqi — were transferred from prisons in Syria. They are now being interrogated in Iraq.
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