It is one less burden for the Syrian Kurds.
But it is also, in the long term, a security risk for Syria and its environment.
Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, will soon be released from al-Hol camp in the northeast of the country and will return to their families.
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The announcement was made on Saturday by Ihlam Ahmad, an official of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an Arab-Kurdish alliance, who fought alongside the West against the jihadists of Daesh in northeastern Syria.
An amnesty will be pronounced and should target 24,000 Syrians, including 17,000 children, detained in extreme poverty.
A total of 65,000 people are crammed into al-Hol, including 30,000 Iraqis and 10,000 foreign fighters, who are not affected by this release.
The al-Hol camp is a heavy burden.
Mrs. Ahmad
“The al-Hol camp is a heavy burden,”
Ms. Ahmad admitted.
According to her, the Kurdish local administration
"was not obliged to pay exorbitant sums to provide these people
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