Overview
- Officials say the remaining residents were transferred to Achtarin in northern Aleppo province or to locations in Iraq, and aid teams have left the facility after equipment was removed.
- Monitors report that most of the roughly 24,000 people previously in the camp departed during the January offensive and SDF withdrawal, leaving only a few thousand before the formal closure.
- The UN refugee agency assisted with the return of 191 Iraqi nationals last week, while the status of many foreign citizens from dozens of countries remains unresolved.
- In parallel, the United States has moved nearly 6,000 detained former IS fighters from northeast Syria to Iraq, and reporting indicates a continued drawdown of remaining US forces in the area.
- Counterterrorism experts warn that uncontrolled departures could fuel IS propaganda and recruitment, increasing the risk of localized resurgence.