Syria says SDF releases ISIS detainees, withdraws from guarding Al-Hol camp in Hasakah
Move aims at ‘exerting pressure on the government through the counterterrorism file,’ says Interior Ministry
An aerial view shows a prison in the town of Al-Shaddadah, where YPG, operating under the name SDF, reportedly released members of the Daesh terrorist organization a day earlier in Al-Hasakah, northeastern Syria, on January 20, 2026.
ISTANBUL
Syria’s Interior Ministry accused the YPG/SDF terrorist group on Tuesday of releasing ISIS (Daesh) detainees and their families from prisons and withdrawing from guarding Al-Hol camp in eastern Hasakah without coordination with the government or the US-led international coalition.
In a statement, the ministry said after the recent ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, the group “released a number of prisoners from the ISIS terror organization and their families from detention facilities.”
“Today, its members assigned to guard Al-Hol camp in eastern Hasakah withdrew without any coordination with the Syrian government or the international coalition, in a move aimed at exerting pressure on the government through the counterterrorism file,” it added.
Al-Hol camp, located in northeastern Syria, houses tens of thousands of people, including families of suspected ISIS members, as well as displaced Syrians and foreign nationals.
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