Guantanamo-like camps in Syria

Tens of thousands of women and children remain abandoned by their countries in camps in Syria, detained indefinitely without charge by U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led forces


Areas of control (March 2023)

Syrian government
Turkish-backed Syrian National Army
U.S.-backed forces
Anti-government armed groups

Camps, prisons: More than 69,000 detainees held as Islamic State-linked (IS) suspects

Men	Women 	Children under 18 years: 43,500 
4,850 	20,730	Of these 13,000 are below five years


Camp Al Hol and child detainee. Pictures by Delil Souleiman, AFP via Getty Images

   
Rajo prison: 1,300 suspected IS fighters

Camp Roj: 3,000 detainees

Camp Al Hol: Around 53,000 detainees

Raqqa prison: 200 high-level IS detainees

Al Rukban: More than 8,000 inhabitants

Al Sina’a prison: 2,800 men and 700 boys – some as young as 12 – with alleged IS links

100km 60 miles
Idlib
Aleppo
Latakia
SYRIA
Russian military
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Homs
LEBANON
Damascus
TURKEY

Ain Issa: Several hundred detainees

Raqqa
River Euphrates
Al Tanf garrison: At least 200 U.S. troops
Qamishli Al Hasakah
Roj
 
                
Sources: Human Rights Watch, Rights and Security International, SOHR 
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