Families leave notorious camp

DOZENS of displaced Syrian families departed the notorious al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria at weekend, in a humanitarian transfer coordinated between the Kurdish-led autonomous administration and Syria’s interim government, a co-ordinator confirmed.

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The convoy, consisting of 43 families, nearly 190 people, left the camp and travelled to the interim government-held areas in Aleppo province, according to Manal Haj Ali, a coordinator from the Syrian Center for Dialogue and Studies, an independent, non-profit civil society organisation that works to publish research and studies related to Syrian affairs.

“This evacuation is for humanitarian and medical cases that cannot be treated in the camp or surrounding areas,” Haj Ali said.