Iraq Is Leading the Way on al-Hol. The World Must Do Its Part.

Allowing Islamic State prisoners to languish in detention is a dangerous radicalization risk.

Dozens of people walk along a packed-sand path along the edge of a camp filled with low white tents. Many of the people are women wearing full black-cloth burkas. The sky overhead is hazy with sand and a few scattered clouds. October 16, 2025, 12:46 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

At the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Iraq convened a high-level conference on the al-Hol camp, where tens of thousands of Islamic State members and their families are held. As we continue our effort to repatriate, deradicalize, and rehabilitate the Iraqi citizens among them, we call on other countries to do the same.

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