Fourteen Iraqis, including one woman, were arrested by al-Hol’s internal security forces (Asayish) according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The security members were supported by Rojava’s Jazira operation forces.
The detainees “confessed to killings, chaos, raiding reception centers and targeting internal security forces” inside the camp, the monitor added.
The camp has been branded a breeding ground for terrorism. Human rights groups have previously warned of squalid conditions in the camp, describing it as “filthy and often inhuman,” with “life-threatening” conditions.
Seventy-three crimes have taken place in al-Hol since the beginning of this year, killing 79 people including security members, said SOHR.
There have been repeated calls from Kurdish and US officials asking the international community to repatriate their nationals from overcrowded camps, where children are exposed to an extremist ideology, and repeated killings have been linked to ISIS women.
To date, only a few countries have responded positively. Most are worried about security concerns and are generally limiting repatriations, even for children.
A group of 194 people from 48 families left the camp earlier this month.
In October, eleven Swedish nationals and three British children were repatriated from the camp.
The Iraqi government repatriated 93 Iraqi families from al-Hol in May. Iraq has agreed to take in 500 families in a phased operation.
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