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Al-Hol camp

Women wait outside a medical center in the al-Hol camp, in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
February 21, 2026, 12:51 pm
Few people left at Syrian detention camp that held ISIS families after thousands flee
Wall Street Journal says US believes some 15,000-20,000 people departed Al-Hol amid chaotic government takeover from US-backed Kurdish forces
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces withdraw from al-Aktan prison on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Raqqa, bound for Kobane, on January 23, 2026. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
January 23, 2026, 3:15 pm
Syrian government takes over prison from Kurdish-led SDF, amid focus on ISIS inmates
Damascus announces control of prison in Raqqa, UN refugee agency struggles to access camp for ISIS families and EU warns of potential breakout amid Kurds’ rapid loss of territory
By Agencies
File: A picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State 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. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
March 18, 2024, 11:29 am
Punished for the sins of their fathers, children of ISIS left to rot in Syrian camp
Over 40,000 inmates are guarded by US-backed Kurds at al-Hol, half of them children, who face beatings and sexual abuse, and are sometimes separated from their families by guards
By Rouba El Husseini
Women walk in Roj detention camp in northeast Syria, February 9, 2022. (Baderkhan Ahmad/AP)
June 5, 2023, 10:27 am
Islamic State-linked Australians held in Syria launch repatriation bid
Save the Children Australia aid group files case on behalf of nine women and 17 children languishing at Al-Hol and Roj camps in Kurdish-controlled region
By AFP
FILE - Women speak to guards at the gate that closes off the section for foreign families who lived in the Islamic State's so-called caliphate, at Al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
October 18, 2022, 11:44 pm
Hundreds linked to Islamic State moved from Syria to notorious camp in Iraq
Kurdish security source says 634 Iraqis crossed border en route to Al-Hol, which houses thousands of relatives of suspected IS fighters
By AFP
Children gather outside their tents, at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021 (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
June 21, 2022, 3:27 pm
Belgium takes back Islamic State mothers and children from Syria
Six women have each been sentenced to five years in prison for their ties to jihadist terror group; 16 youngsters to be handed over to youth protection services
By Agencies
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