Al Hawl refugee camp

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The Al Hawl refugee camp, in Syria holds women and children who are refugees from Daesh's short-lived "Islamic state", a quasi state set up in enclaves in Syria and Iraq.[1] As of March 2022 the camp held approximately 50,000 women and children. Approximatley 10,000 of those women and children are citizens of foreign nations.

Individuals held in the camp include:
name born nationality notes
Hoda Sharrouf Australia
  • Hoda was only 13 years old when her parents married her to an Islamic fighter, and only 14 when she gave birth to the first of several children.[2]

References

  1. "Clashes between ISIL and Kurds kill four in Syrian camp". Aljazeera. 2022-03-29. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201145339/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/29/clashes-between-isil-and-kurds-kill-four-in-syrian-camp-monitor. Retrieved 2023-01-08. "Approximately 56,000 people live in Al-Hol, an overcrowded SDF-run camp for displaced people that has been plagued by murders and regular escape attempts, according to the United Nations. The camp hosts about 10,000 foreigners, including the wives and children of ISIL fighters who are detained in a high-security annexe guarded by SDF forces." 
  2. David Wroe, Josh Dye, Erin Pearson (2019-04-04). "What should Australia do with the children of Islamic State?". Sydney Morning Herald (Al-Hawl refugee camp). https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/what-should-australia-do-with-the-children-of-islamic-state-20190404-p51aw8.html. Retrieved 2019-04-07. "Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age from al-Hawl camp, 16-year-old Hoda Sharrouf also says she forgives her father and mother, Tara Nettleton, for dragging her to Syria along with her four siblings when she was just 11 years old."