Syria
Al-Hol camp in Hasaka, northeastern Syria (Rojava) on December 6, 2021. Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Syrian woman was allegedly killed in the notorious al-Hol camp on Wednesday by members of the Islamic State (ISIS), reported a monitor, days after her husband was also found dead inside the camp.
The ISIS members shot the woman in the head in “broad daylight,” alleging that she had been dealing with the internal security forces (Asayish), according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The identity of the victim was not revealed, but she is reported to be originally from Aleppo, and the wife of the man who was also killed in the camp earlier this week.
The body of a displaced Syrian citizen from Deir ez-Zor was found in Al-Hol’s third section on Saturday, after his throat was slit using a sharp object.
The SOHR added that following the killing of the woman, the militants uttered shouts vowing to kill whoever “cooperates” with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) or the international organizations working inside the camp.
The recent murder raises the toll of the people killed in al-Hol to at least 26 since the start of 2022, eleven of which have been Syrian nationals.
Thousands of ISIS fighters were arrested by the SDF, after the forces overran their last stronghold in March 2019. A large number of the militants and their families were taken to al-Hol camp, which currently houses around 56,000 people.
Al-Hol has been labeled a “ticking time bomb” by Kurdish and Iraqi authorities, as ISIS sleeper cells continue to carry out operations inside the camp on a regular basis.
In the latest edition of its propaganda magazine, ISIS claimed to have conducted 10 attacks in Syria from June 30 to July 6, killing and injuring 16 people.
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