Fresh group of Iraqis leaves Syria's Al-Hol camp | AFP

"Look at the children, look how happy they are," says Umm Mahmoud, a 60‑year‑old leaving Syria's Al‑Hol camp. "It's like a holiday." A new group of 850 Iraqis has departed the Kurdish‑controlled Al‑Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, in the latest repatriation with Kurdish authorities aiming to close the camps by the end of the year, according to an official.