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ISIS Network Of Tunnels Found In Syria's Al-Hol Camp
Asharq Al-Awsat
ISIS Network Of Tunnels Found In Syria's Al-Hol Camp
Hasakah - Kamal Sheikho
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) has found a network of trenches and tunnels under al-Hol camp, east of al-Hasakah.
The security sources said these trenches and tunnels were used by sleeper cells loyal to the ISIS terrorist organization to smuggle persons and carry out murders and assassination attempts.
The ongoing investigations revealed that the tunnel connects one of the camp sectors to the outer wall and from there to the surrounding areas.
A day earlier, the Rojava security forces thwarted a mass escape through a truck designated for transporting construction materials.
The truck was transporting 39 children and 17 women from 56 ISIS families. The camp witnessed 728 escape attempts since March 2020.
A video recording inside the camp showed how tunnels were dug with primitive tools, covered with metal and wooden panels for camouflage, amid a group of tents inhabited by displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees.
Escaping Incidents are on the rise in the camp, which houses about 56,000, most of whom are displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees records, 90 percent of the residents of al-Hol camp are women and children.
The security source and director of al-Hol camp, Hamrin Hassan, said that sleeper cells inside and outside the center are linked to human smuggling networks loyal to ISIS.
Hassan explained that they communicate with the terrorist organization through social media platforms, and the first destination after the escape is the Idlib governorate or other areas in northern Syria under Turkish influence.
After that, the same networks transport the escapees from al-Hol into Turkish territory and from there to their homelands, often done in exchange for large sums of money.
Full story https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3799106/isis-network-tunnels-found-syrias-al-hol-camp
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