Sam David

Al-Hol’s Collapse: How Syria’s Detention Crisis is Enabling Islamic State Resilience

At its peak, the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria was the largest detention site in the post-2019 Islamic State (IS) detention and displacement system, housing approximately 25,000 individuals. In January 2026, a contested transfer of custody from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to the Syrian government triggered a rapid