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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-islamic-state-is-building-caliphate-20-in-a-syrian-camp/2019/08/15/5cf393a6-bf8e-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html

The Islamic State Is Building Caliphate 2.0 in a Syrian Camp

(Washington Post) Josh Rogin - The Islamic State has largely taken over control of the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, containing tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and family members. The camp is home to 70,000 people, including more than 50,000 children. In al-Hol, Islamic State now exerts more influence and control than the few dozen Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) guards stationed there, according to U.S. officials. Islamic State women have created a morality police corps inside the camp, enforcing sharia law and even conducting brutal executions. Islamic State is recruiting from the camp, smuggling fighters in and out and using it to plan attacks in other parts of Syria, officials told me.

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