Syrian Government Announces Closure of Al-Hol Camp After Final Evacuations

ARK News.. The Syrian government has announced the closure of Al-Hol camp in Hasaka province after completing the evacuation of its final residents. For years, the camp had housed families of suspected ISIS fighters alongside civilians displaced by battles against the group.

According to France Press Agency, al-Hol camp director Fadi al-Qassim said, “The camp was closed today,” Sunday, February 22, 2026, after all Syrian and non-Syrian families were transferred.

Al-Qassim stated that the government has put in place development and reintegration plans for the families away from media attention, stressing that “the women and children from the camp need support in order to be reintegrated.”

A source from a humanitarian organization previously operating inside the camp told AFP: “We evacuated all our teams from inside the camp, dismantled all our equipment and prefabricated rooms, and moved them outside.”

At its peak, al-Hol Camp housed around 24,000 people, including approximately 15,000 Syrians and nearly 6,300 foreign women and children from 42 nationalities, many of whose home countries have refused to repatriate them. However, those numbers declined significantly in recent weeks.

Last week, the United States announced it had completed the transfer of more than 5,700 detainees suspected of affiliation with ISIS from Syria to Iraq.

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