Violence escalating in al-Hawl camp as Islamic State women open fire on guards, bodies found

The Syrian camp where dozens of Australian women and children are detained has experienced the worst outbreak of violence since the fall of Islamic State, after IS supporters opened fire on guards, Four Corners can reveal. Key points: Violence has escalated in the al-Hawl camp, with four women shot, and mutilated bodies found The US State Department has called on the Australian Government to repatriate citizens held in the Syrian camp Families of the women and children held in camps want them back home, even if they end up in prison Mustafa Bali, a senior figure within the Syrian Kurdish administration, said in a tweet the situation in the camp was "deteriorating sharply" as IS militants have "stepped up their regrouping efforts" through women in al-Hawl recently. "MSF teams treated four women with gunshot wounds in the MSF clinic in the annex, while at the same time, the medical teams and patients took cover from the shooting," a spokeswoman said. Mr Bali said it costs almost $50 a day per person to run al-Hawl camp and the Kurdish administration is receiving little to no assistance from the countries whose citizens languish there. "We know that there are people that came from Australia to Syria to kill our people, to burn our villages and destroy our towns," Mr Bali said.