In northeastern
Syria, prisons and detention camps hold thousands of men, women and children whose lives are in limbo nearly a year after the final defeat of
Islamic State to which they once belonged.
The area around Qamishli city is mainly controlled by Kurdish fighters who helped defeat the Islamist militant group.
Kurdish forces bear the brunt of looking after those captured as Islamic State collapsed, including hundreds of foreigners who fought alongside local militants to create a self-declared caliphate in the Middle East.