Funding cuts by President Trump have left two major detention facilities in northeast Syria holding thousands of ISIS fighters in a vulnerable state. The withdrawal of security and administrative support has raised fears of a potential mass escape and a resurgence of the terror group.
Donald Trump has thrown into doubt the security and administration of the main two detention facilities in north-east Syria that hold thousands ofIt emerged that all security and administration around al-Hol and al-Roj, the main two detention facilities, was withdrawn for the several days after funding of the camp’s humanitarian and security work was suddenly cut.
This meant IS saw an opportunity to engineer the escape of as many as 9,000 of its fighters held in north-east Syria, he said. Blumont, a US aid organisation responsible for managing the al-Hol and al-Roj camps was forced to halt operations on Friday after Trump’s cuts. Officials warned of the dangers of stopping supplies of basic needs and said hostile forces in the region could try to “step in” and take advantage.
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