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Shafaq News – Damascus
Internal Security Forces in northern and eastern Syria
(Asayish) foiled an escape attempt from Al-Hol Camp after a group of women and
children from ISIS families tried to flee the foreigners’ section, the force
announced on Thursday.
A security source told Shafaq News that Asayish detained 18
individuals—women and children of Russian and Turkestani nationality—before
they could breach the camp’s perimeter, after patrols detected suspicious
movements amid dense fog on Wednesday night.
Last month, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested a
senior ISIS leader during a security operation at Al-Hol Camp in coordination
with the Global Coalition. According to the SDF, the Iraqi detainee is accused
of helping reactivate ISIS sleeper cells.
Al-Hol remains the largest concentration of foreign ISIS
family members worldwide. Recent figures indicate that more than 6,200
individuals from various nationalities reside in 1,871 families within the
camp’s foreign section.
Read more: Progress and perils: Iraq continues Al-Hol returns