A humanitarian crisis is erupting in northeastern Syria as tens of thousands of people who fled intense fighting in last month's decisive battle against the Islamic State are flooding into a desperately overcrowded tent camp atop a rocky hill here. MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP A child rides in a makeshift cart at Al-Hol camp. MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP A boy in Islamic dress carries a younger child in the marketplace at the Al-Hol camp in Hassakeh province, Syria. Western donors, too, are concerned about providing families linked to the Islamic State with cash and other assistance, aid officials and camp authorities say. "It's a disaster," said Aydin Khalil, the chain-smoking director of the People's Hospital in Hasakah, describing the al-Hol camp.

Source: Stuff April 03, 2019 04:13 UTC