The USAID freeze has had a direct impact on the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, where 90% of the funding for organizations working in the camp depends on USAID. The camp administrator said that if aid is cut and no solution is found, the camp will get out of control, which would threaten the security of the region as a whole.
VOA Kurdish: USAID freeze threatens security of Syria's al-Hol camp
A woman walks in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria's Hasakeh province, where tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group have been living for years, Jan. 30, 2025.