Soon after taking over as commander of U.S. Central Command in April, Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla visited the al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria. The visit brought welcome and necessary attention to the camp, where roughly 60,000 people — a large majority of whom are women and children — live in squalid conditions.
Most of the inhabitants are family members of Islamic State fighters who were killed or captured as their so-called caliphate collapsed. The need to relieve their plight by arranging long-term resettlement was obvious as the general toured the camp.
