id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-266780-dwmfayaz Saad, Neil J. The Al Hol camp in Northeast Syria: health and humanitarian challenges 2020-07-21 .txt text/plain 2038 127 56 1 2 In the Northwest of the country, in the Idlib and Northern Aleppo governorates, four million people, of which two-thirds are displaced from other parts of Syria, are currently in the midst of a humanitarian crisis due to a military campaign by Syrian and Russian government forces. The Al Hol camp, close to the Syria-Iraq border, was initially set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees during the 1991 Gulf war for approximately 15 000 people and it expanded further during the US invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s. 9 10 Generally, newcomers first stay at a reception area and remain there until allocated a shelter and being Summary box ► Al Hol camp is the largest refugee/internally displaced people camp in Northeast Syria. In the harsh conditions of the Al Hol camp, international NGOs, United Nations agencies and local authorities worked towards improving people's living conditions and supporting their basic needs. ./cache/cord-266780-dwmfayaz.txt ./txt/cord-266780-dwmfayaz.txt