DAMASCUS, Syria, March 10 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 63,500 refugees, most of whom are Daesh militants and their families, fleeing the last Daesh-held areas in eastern Syria, are living in the al-Hol camp, in north-eastern Syria, a war monitor reported Saturday.
The refugees are mostly non-Syrians, either from Iraq or Europe, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Deaths are being reported on a daily basis among the refugees, who are suffering from various illnesses, as a result of the bad conditions they lived through, in Daesh-held areas and the lack of medical care in the al-Hol camp, which is run by the Kurdish militia, in al-Hasakah Province.
The watchdog said, the camp is enough only for 10,000 people, adding that, most of the deaths are occurring among infants and children.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is besieging the Daesh remnants in the farmlands of the town of Baghouz in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour.
The Observatory, however, said, the SDF has postponed its last push against the Daesh in Baghouz, as the terror-labelled group is holding prisoners from the SDF.
The SDF, with the backing of the U.S.-led coalition, has been carrying out a crushing offensive against the Daesh, in eastern Syria since last Sept.– NNN-SANA
