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100+ murders at Kurdish-run camp in Syria, UN claims
1 month ago | By RT
Overseen by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, the refugee camp has seen a sharp spike in violence since early 2021
More than 100 people have been murdered at a refugee camp far in Syria's northeast over the last 18 months, the United Nations said, suggesting that Kurdish militia groups running the crowded facility are struggling to keep its inhabitants safe.
Since January 2021, at least 106 killings have been documented at the al-Hol camp near the border with Iraq, according to the UN's resident coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, who said the refugee hub had become a “very harsh...
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