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US-backed Syrian forces thwart suicide bombing attempt at refugee camp

By Mike Brest
Published September 22, 2022 8:29pm ET
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US-backed Syrian forces thwart suicide bombing attempt at refugee camp
Women walk at al-Hol camp, home to some 60,000 people, many of them families and supporters of Islamic State fighters, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Security inside al-Hol camp has improved since a security operation was carried out last month but concern over a coronavirus outbreak in the crowded facility has grown. | (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

The Syrian Democratic Forces prevented a suicide bombing at the al Hol refugee camp resulting in the deaths of four Islamic State fighters, U.S. Central Command said Thursday.

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