Iraq’s northwest wary as IS executions, cross-border movement continue

The Islamic State continues to target local tribes and others in desert areas of Iraq and across the border in Syria, as more Iraqi nationals with alleged IS links are moved to an IDP camp in northwestern Iraq.

Al-Hol camp currently contains over 50,000 people, over half of whom are Iraqi nationals. Most of those housed in the camp are believed to have family or other ties to IS.

Abu Falah had reportedly planned to enter the Jada camp in Ninevah, where Iraqi nationals repatriated over the past year have initially been placed. Many are later sent back to their home provinces in the country.

It noted that three women had been killed in the Iraqi and Syrian sections of the camp, two of whom had been decapitated, and a man was shot dead on June 28. Another woman, it said, had been shot in the head but survived.