Iraq to repatriate 500 families from Syrian camp holding thousands with ties to ISIS 1 Hours
Families held in northern Syria s sprawling al-Hol camp prepare to be transfered to another location. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Preparations are underway for Baghdad to repatriate 500 families, the Iraqi parents of which are suspected of affiliation to the Islamic State, three years after initial plans to transfer them stalled, said a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led self-administration in northeastern Syria after meeting with an Iraqi delegation on the matter.
“They reached an agreement that 500 Iraqi families from al-Hol Camp be repatriated back to their country in multiple phases,” Luqman Ahmi said in an interview with Kurdistan 24 on Wednesday.
6 Hours
The SDF and Asayish captured a senior ISIS official in al-Hol camp on April 5, 2021. (Photo: Hawar News Agency)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Asayish on Monday captured a leading Islamic State leader in the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria.
The SDF and their linked Interior Security Forces (Asayish in Kurdish) found Ahmed Khoshua with information gathered during the recent security operation in the camp, Coalition spokesperson Col. Wayne Marotto said Tuesday.
The Syrian Kurdish Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported that Khoshua, nicknamed Abu Khaled, was responsible for Islamic State cells in al-Hol.
“Abu Khaled is an Iraqi from Anbar Governorate, born in the city of al-Qaim 1992, and is considered one of the most dangerous leaders of ISIS cells in Al-Hol,” the ANHA report said.