LONDON: General Michael Kurilla, commander of US Central Command, traveled to Syria where he visited the Al-Hol and Al-Roj Displaced Persons Camps in northeast Syria.
Al-Hol is the largest camp for displaced people, overpopulated with more than 50,000 residents, including relatives of suspected extremists, displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees.
During the visits, Kurilla met camp administrators and residents to observe living standards, improvements in camp security, repatriation, rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts to return residents to their home countries.
“Our continuing multinational effort to repatriate the residents of the camps to their countries of origin not only enhances security and stability in the region, but, more importantly, eases this humanitarian challenge,” Kurilla said.
“The United States, SDF, and the Global Coalition remain focused and committed on the enduring defeat of Daesh while addressing the humanitarian and security challenges at camps in northeast Syria,” he said.
The general also met Syrian Democratic Forces to review the campaign to eliminate Daesh as well as assessing humanitarian aid efforts in the region.
