Kurdish-led forces pull out of camp for IS families during clashes in Syria

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says it has withdrawn from a camp holding thousands of people with alleged links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), as clashes with the Syrian government continue despite a ceasefire agreement.

The SDF said its forces were "compelled to withdraw" from al-Hol camp and redeploy to other cities in northern Syria "due to the international indifference toward the issue of [IS]".

Syria's interior ministry condemned the move, saying it took place without co-ordination with the government or US-led coalition against IS.

It came after dozens of suspected IS fighters escaped nearby Shaddadi prison during clashes between government forces and the SDF.

On Sunday, the militia alliance agreed to give the government control of the Kurdish-run autonomous region in the north-east, including its prisons and camps, in a deal meant to end almost two weeks of fighting.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g39w8k8zwo

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Not good. Maybe Trump should offer the Kurds a free seat on his Board for Peace? I expect he'd happily sell it to IS if they could raise the cash.

[fujiyamasan]

1. He stabbed the Kurds in the back once when he sold them out to turkey during his first term

I’m sure he’d be happy to do it again.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. UN to take over al-Hol camp for IS families in Syria after unrest

The United Nations (UN) says it will take over management of a camp in north-eastern Syria holding thousands of people with alleged links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).

It comes after Kurdish-led forces that had been running the camp withdrew in the face of an advance by Syrian government forces, triggering unrest that forced aid agencies to suspend operations.

Residents were reported to have rushed camp perimeters in an apparent attempt to escape, prompting unrest and looting.
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Briefing the UN Security Council on Thursday, UN official Edem Wosornu said the UN refugee agency UNHCR had "taken over camp management responsibilities" at al-Hol and was working with Syrian authorities to restore humanitarian access. Syrian forces, she said, had established a security perimeter around the camp.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyzzzd2y7do