The United States has withdrawn an American child separated from its family from a huge camp in northeastern Syria, with thousands of people with alleged relations between the State Department Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Said Tuesday
The department estimates that some 30,000 people from 70 countries live in Al-Hole Camp and another similar camp, with most wives and children of ISIS fighters as well as supporters of extremist groups. These include Iraqis as well as citizens from western countries, who traveled to join the American-designated foreign terrorist group.
Over the years, human rights groups have cited the situation and widespread violence in the Al-Hole Camp, which has been administered by the US-backed and Kurdish Syrian democratic forces for years. SDF Syria and its sleeper cells are prominent partners of Washington in combating ISIS, and have run large swaths of Northeast Syria over the years.
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holi Williams Visited Al-Hole Camp in 2019 And talked with the residents of the camp. Many of them expressed regrets for their prior relations for ISIS and said they wanted to return to their domestic countries – often in western Europe – but some others defended group terror attacks.
The Foreign Department did not provide any details about repatriation, except in a statement that the child “has nothing to go outside the camps” and will re -connect with their family.
Over the years, the US Army has been emphasizing for countries to re-prepare its citizens from al-hal and small, separate ROJ camps. Iraq has withdrawn the increasing number of recent years, but many other countries have been reluctant.
The State Department’s statement said, “The only sustainable solution to human and safety crisis in these displaced individuals in Northeast Syria is for countries of origin.” This goes to the former ISIS fighters held in the prevention centers in the Northeast Syria, “said using a different brief name for IS.
In May, the interim President Ahmed Al-Shra, Damascus and SDF arrived on an agreement to bring the Syrians to the camp again despite the difficult negotiations to formally merge with the new rulers of the country. Since the expulsion of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Washington has been emphasizing to implement its deal and unite the Syrian region, which will eventually put the camp under the government’s control.
Last year, soon after Assad’s government collapsed, CBS news was taken inside Al-Hole Camp. The guards said the security situation had deteriorated as the word had spread about Assad’s expulsion, leading to optimism that they could leave the camp.
The SDF did not immediately comment to the Associated Press on Reporation.
