Following the downfall of the so-called Islamic State in Syria, Kurdish-run prisons maintain about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and round 34,000 of their members of the family in camps.
However there’s rising instability within the area because the central authorities in Damascus desires to increase its management throughout all of Syria, together with the Kurdish autonomous area within the north-east.
Prior to now two weeks, authorities troops have pushed the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) out of resource-rich areas they’ve managed for a decade – since defeating IS.
Will the gates stay locked if this area turns into a battleground? The BBC’s Orla Guerin visited Roj, a camp holding the wives and youngsters of suspected IS fighters close to the Turkish and Iraqi borders.
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