#syrian-army

#syrian-army

Syria's army has reportedly entered the country's vast al-Hawl detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, after Kurdish forces withdrew. A large group of soldiers opened the camp's metal gate and entered while others guarded the entrance, according to an Agence France-Presse journalist at the scene. Al-Hawl, located in a desert region of al-Hasakah province, holds about 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities.

The SDF denies the Syrian Ministry of Defence's accusations that it had deployed military forces to the Deir Hafer front in the eastern Aleppo countryside. The Syrian army has sent reinforcements to rural eastern Aleppo, after observing the arrival of more Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces in the area, following days of deadly battles inside the city itself and the departure of the SDF. The official news agency SANA broadcast footage on Monday of Syrian army troops heading towards the deployment line east of Aleppo.