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‘Rampant violence’ in Syrian camp for ISIL-linked detainees: MSF

Al-Hol camp in Hasakah governorate, Syria is home to approximately 60,000 people [File: Ali Hashisho/Reuters]

Residents of the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria have experienced routine “violence and exploitation” with no formal legal policies to protect them in what they describe as a “death camp”, a new report by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said.

Al-Hol camp is located in a region controlled by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and holds displaced refugees, as well as families of ISIL (ISIS) fighters, including thousands of foreigners. It is the largest camp in the war-torn country, housing some 60,000 people, the vast majority women and children.

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