The sandstorm raged so suddenly that the air became opaque and tents began to move. Children struggled to take cover while their mothers braced for the worst. This is midsummer in northeast Syria.
Camp Roj and its sister camp, Al-Hol, are home to 42,000 people, primarily the wives, other adult female relatives and children of male Isis suspects. Guarded by Kurdish-led forces, no one can leave.