Does Syria's transition away from Assad regime tyranny offer hope for closing detention camps, which have been home to thousands of internally displaced persons and Islamic State supporters?
The emergence of a new central government in Syria offers hope that the Roj and al-Hol detention camps—home to more than 40,000 Iraqi and Syrian IDPs as well as numerous IS members and their families—may soon be closed. In this final episode of The Washington Institute video series The Syria Breakdown, Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow Dr. Devorah Margolin explains the dangers and opportunities in breaking down the camps and returning detainees to their homes.
