About 40,000 individuals, primarily the wives, female relatives and children of male Islamic State suspects, are held in the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. According to camp authorities, these Islamic State relatives have been celebrating the regime change in Syria, hoping it will lead to a Sunni Islamic system. Camp guards told VOA that since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, ISIS families in the camp have been attempting to escape but are being stopped.
VOA Kurdish: ISIS families in Syria camp emboldened by new regime
- By Zana Omer
