Under the guise of the global fight against the Islamic State (IS), exceptional policies have been implemented involving the indefinite and arbitrary detention of women, children and men in Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. MSF is releasing a report detailing the deteriorating situation at Al-Hol: “Between two fires: danger and desperation in Syria’s Al Hol camp”. The report draws from testimonies and includes first-hand observations of MSF frontline humanitarian staff, and medical data from MSF health facilities in the camp collected between July 2021 and March 2022. In this report, MSF provides rare access into the lives of an abandoned population, exposed to an environment rife with criminality, violence and exploitation, and trapped indefinitely in prison-like conditions with no solution in sight.