Overview
- The Interior Ministry said troops arriving at Al-Hol found more than 138 openings in the camp’s 17-kilometer perimeter that facilitated an organized breakout.
- Officials reported that thousands of women and children fled, and remaining residents were moved to another facility in northern Syria as the camp was closed.
- Government figures put Al-Hol’s population at roughly 23,500 before the breach, including about 6,500 foreign nationals from over 40 countries.
- The U.S. military said it relocated more than 5,700 former residents to Iraq to ensure continued monitoring after Syrian government forces entered the area.
- Violence flared elsewhere in Syria, with state media reporting clashes in Latakia that left at least one security officer dead and the Islamic State claiming attacks in Deir ez-Zor.