Syria's Al-Hol camp: child inmates and false identities

Run by US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), its population spiked at more than 70,000 as the coalition began tightening its grip on the last IS holdout in Baghouz late in 2018.

A member of Kurdish security forces stands guard as released detainees prepare to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate on September 3, 2023, and return to their homes in Raqa. (AFP)