Germany, Finland repatriate 23 Daesh relatives from Syria camps
Children line up to take classes inside tents at Reyyan Camp in Kafr Uruq village of Idlib, Syria on November 24, 2020. [Muhammed Abdullah - Anadolu Agency]
December 21, 2020 at 2:21 pm
Germany and Finland have repatriated 23 citizens from camps in northern Syria holding the relatives of suspected Daesh fighters, returning them on humanitarian grounds.
Five women and 18 children were repatriated overall, with three of the women and 12 of the children being flown to the German city of Frankfurt early yesterday morning. The remaining eight returnees were then flown to the Finnish capital Helsinki.
The repatriation was part of a joint operation between the two European countries, and was kept secret until their arrival.