Syria says SDF releases ISIS detainees, withdraws from guarding Al-Hol camp in Hasakah

By Rania Abushamala

ISTANBUL (AA) – Syria’s Interior Ministry accused the YPG/SDF terrorist group on Tuesday of releasing ISIS (Daesh) detainees and their families from prisons and withdrawing from guarding Al-Hol camp in eastern Hasakah without coordination with the government or the US-led international coalition.

In a statement, the ministry said after the recent ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, the group “released a number of prisoners from the ISIS terror organization and their families from detention facilities.”

“Today, its members assigned to guard Al-Hol camp in eastern Hasakah withdrew without any coordination with the Syrian government or the international coalition, in a move aimed at exerting pressure on the government through the counterterrorism file,” it added.

Al-Hol camp, located in northeastern Syria, houses tens of thousands of people, including families of suspected ISIS members, as well as displaced Syrians and foreign nationals.