Tag: Syria’s Al-Hol

Syria's Al-Hol is a detention camp for people Who were moved out by the Islamic State's war. About 93% of the 55,000 people here are children and women, almost half under 12 years old. While most have Syrian or Iraqi mothers, thousands come from about 51 other countries, including European nations, that have been unwilling to repatriate them. We've seen the violence, and we also know that we have a massive population of kids that are growing older, according to Daoud Ghaznawi. Left behind 10,000 children growing up under brutal circumstances and intensely vulnerable to radicalisation, Hard-line, militant women surround them; as boys grow into teenagers, they transfer to wartime prisons for fighters. Rights groups and the military rings the alarm to indicate dangers The US State Departm...