World update: October 4 2019

Stories from Iraq, China, Switzerland, and more

MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

The head of the Syrian Democratic Forces is warning of a critical situation developing at the group’s sprawling al-Hol refugee camp:

Guards at the al-Hol camp in eastern Syria are failing to contain the increasingly violent behavior of some of the residents, and the flimsy perimeter is at risk of being breached unless the international co…