Iraq Calls For Closure Of Al-Hol Camp In Syria
Date
6/12/2023 7:16:52 PM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BAGHDAD, June 12 (KUNA) -- Iraq's National Security Advisor Qassem Al-Araji called on Monday for the immediate closure of the infamous Al-Hol refugee camp in northern Syria, considering it a serious threat to Iraq and the World.
Speaking at a symposium organized by the Al Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies in Baghdad, Al-Araji urged all countries to repatriate their nationals from the camp which houses over 50,000 of the ISIS militant group families.
The gathering was also attended by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and a large number of the foreign ambassadors.
The Iraqi official suggested the organization of an international conference at the level of foreign ministers to discuss the camp dismantling.
He pointed out that Iraq had repatriated 1,369 families from the camp to rehabilitation centers and 800 families have completed the rehabilitation process and were reintegrated into the society.
Al-Araji warned that the existence of thousands of children in this camp risk create a new generation of terrorists.
He, however, stressed that convicted terrorists had to be held accountable for their crimes.
The Al-Hol camp is located in the Syrian countryside of Al-Hasakah, near the Iraqi border, and is under the control of the US army and the Syrian Democratic Forces. (end)
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