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| New Zealand repatriates ISIS child from AANES regions |
| 2023-05-08 |
| [NPASyria] The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced on Sunday handing over one child of ISIS families to a delegation from New Zealand on May 4. Just the one? Wow. The delegation, headed by James Monroe, the Special Consular Envoy in the Government of New Zealand, visited the headquarter of the Foreign Relations Department of the AANES.The AANES stated that they handed over the child, who has New Zealand nationality, according to an official repatriation document signed by the two parties. The New Zealand official said his country acknowledged the sacrifices of the AANES in the fight against ISIS, supporting and rehabilitating affected people, and providing humanitarian care in camps. Robel Baho, Deputy Co-chair of the Foreign Relations Department, noted the continuation of the The official said that AANES continues to cooperate with states that have nationals present in north Syria to facilitate their repatriation. The AANES was first formed in 2014 in the Kurdish-majority regions of Afrin, Kobani and Jazira in northern Syria following the withdrawal of the government forces. Later, it was expanded to Manbij, Tabqa, Raqqa, Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor after the SDF defeated ISIS militarily there. Roj Camp, one of several detention camps in northeast Syria, holds about 727 families, numbering 2.310 individuals including 1.582 children. Residents of the camp are family members of ISIS who joined its ranks during era of the ISIS so-called Islamic Caliphate in 2014. Related: AANES: 2023-05-04 Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh live in total darkness due to the government siege imposed since last year AANES: 2023-04-30 CENTCOM says SDF has captured an ISIS weapon smuggler in Syria's Deir ez Zor AANES: 2023-04-17 Syria’s AANES releases a number of detainees accused of terrorism and belonging to ISIS |
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