(Zaman Al Wasl)- A fire broke out in the Hol camp northeastern Syria on Saturday, leaving nine dicplaced wounded, mostly women and children, local acivists said.
Malaz al-Yousef told Zaman al-Wasl that three women and four children were wounded due to the fire that destroyed nine tents.
The sprawling camp in northern Hasaka province was opened in December 2018 to host people living in the Islamic Sate's territory taken over by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
According to the Middle East Eye, thirty-five organisations, including UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, provide humanitarian assistance to residents, an estimated two-thirds of whom are children.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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