"About 6,000 women and children from 42 different countries were previously held in the foreigners' annex of al-Hawl camp in northeast Syria, which housed some of the most radical former members of the extremist group. The foreigners' annex was separate from the part of the camp that contained about 20,000 Syrians and Iraqis. All of those held in the camp are arbitrarily detained as they have not been tried or charged for their alleged involvement in IS, and many of the residents are young children."
"On Friday, humanitarian groups said the foreigners' annex had been emptied almost entirely of its former residents and that most of the families left for Idlib. They said that foreign women and children had been gradually leaving the foreigners' annex since the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) abandoned the facility to the advancing Syrian government forces on 20 January. All of the foreign women have escaped in this period, said Jihan Hanan, who directed the al-Hawl camp until its takeover by Damascus last month."
About 6,000 women and children from 42 countries were held in the foreigners' annex of al-Hawl camp in northeast Syria, which contained some of the most radical former Islamic State members. The foreigners' annex was separate from the section housing about 20,000 Syrians and Iraqis. All residents are arbitrarily detained without trial or charges, and many are young children. After the Kurdish-led SDF abandoned the facility on 20 January, most foreign families gradually left, reportedly traveling to Idlib. The departures raise security concerns about IS reconstitution and humanitarian concerns about untracked, unorganised movements.
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