According to statements by Fadi al-Qassem, an official with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of the camp’s records, the last group of residents was evacuated and the camp is now completely empty.

He explained that some of the occupants, including the elderly, people with disabilities, the sick, and families with children, were handed over to relatives, while other families were transferred to Iraq and to a rehabilitation center in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, where they will receive educational and social reintegration programs.

The Syrian government had previously described the Al-Hol camp as “uninhabitable” due to its geographical location and the difficulties in providing basic services to the civilian population.

For its part, the Iraqi National Security Agency announced that the camp was completely dismantled after the relocation of more than 5,600 families, equivalent to some 22,000 people.

The Al-Hol camp was initially established to house Iraqi refugees following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. In 2014, it fell under the control of the Daesh terrorist group during its expansion in the region.

Subsequently, after the extremist organization’s retreat, fighters and their families, particularly foreigners, were transferred to the site, along with thousands of displaced Syrians and Iraqis.

Since 2017, the camp had been under the control of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia until January 20, when Syrian security forces assumed control of the area surrounding the camp after the SDF withdrew in the face of the army’s advance.

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