International Edition

International Edition

Podcasts Newsletters Follow us Alerts App Video

Arab Showcase Weekend

Road to Net Zero

Music & On-stage

Fashion & Beauty

Road to Net Zero

Music & On-stage

Fashion & Beauty

Children play in a mud puddle at Al Hol camp. AP

Al Hol camp in Al Hasakeh province, Syria, houses families of ISIS fighters. AP

About 56,000 people, mostly women and children, live in crowded conditions in the camp. AFP

Many of its residents have been there since ISIS was defeated in Syria in 2019. AFP

About 10,000 people at Al Hol are non-Arab foreign citizens, with the rest mostly from Syria and Iraq. AFP

The Al Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected ISIS group fighters. AFP

UK charity Save the Children says 40,000 children from 60 countries live in dire conditions in Syria's Roj and Al Hol camps. AFP

Families at Al Hol gather their belongings as they prepare to return home to Syria's northern Raqqa region. AFP

Two children die at the camp every week, Save the Children has said. AFP

There have been reports of women in the camp being detained and tortured by ISIS supporters. AFP

Children play in a mud puddle at Al Hol camp. AP

Al Hol camp in Al Hasakeh province, Syria, houses families of ISIS fighters. AP

About 56,000 people, mostly women and children, live in crowded conditions in the camp. AFP

Many of its residents have been there since ISIS was defeated in Syria in 2019. AFP

About 10,000 people at Al Hol are non-Arab foreign citizens, with the rest mostly from Syria and Iraq. AFP

The Al Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected ISIS group fighters. AFP

UK charity Save the Children says 40,000 children from 60 countries live in dire conditions in Syria's Roj and Al Hol camps. AFP

Families at Al Hol gather their belongings as they prepare to return home to Syria's northern Raqqa region. AFP

Two children die at the camp every week, Save the Children has said. AFP

There have been reports of women in the camp being detained and tortured by ISIS supporters. AFP

Children play in a mud puddle at Al Hol camp. AP

Miserable conditions at Al Hol camp in north-east Syria - in pictures

More Galleries

A young patient at Souza Aguiar Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, gets a visit from Father Christmas. Getty Images

Best photos of December 20: Santa in Brazil to fires in Ukraine - in pictures

Ahmad Al Shara, leader of the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham militant group that toppled Syria's Bashar Al Assad, meets UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen in Damascus on December 15. AFP

Syrian rebel leader Al Shara meets international delegations - in pictures