(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 110 displaced people, including women and children, have left the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, heading to their hometowns in Deir Ezzor province, activist told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday.
Saturday’s transfer follows an agreement brokered by the Kurdish administration and Arab tribal leaders, according to activist Malaz al-Yousif.
Al-Hol camp is home to nearly 41,500 people, among them wives and children of suspected Islamic State group fighters.
Conditions in the camp were previously deemed “extremely critical” by the U.N.’s food program, as disease and malnutrition have plagued its inhabitants, particularly children.
The freed batch of Syrian displaced came a day before the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Syria's war has killed more than 560,000 people and displaced millions since it started in 2011 with a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests.
Zaman Al Wasl
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