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Iraq
Over 12,500 Iraqi nationals with ISIS ties repatriated from Syria
2025-02-19
[Rudaw] Iraq’s ministry of immigration and displacement confirmed on Monday the repatriation of over 12,500 Iraqi nationals linked to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) from the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria’s (Rojava) Hasaka province.

The ministry spokesperson Ali Jahangir told Rudaw that 21 convoys of ISIS fighters’ relatives "have been returned from al-Hol, where 3,062 Iraqi families currently reside, totaling more than 12,500 members."

Most of the repatriated individuals are being temporarily housed in al-Jada camp in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province for rehabilitation and reintegration into their communities, according to Jahangir.

The ministry spokesperson also mentioned that around 15,000 Iraqi nationals linked to ISIS remain in al-Hol camp, awaiting repatriation. The process is being conducted with coordination between the Kurdish-led administration in Rojava and the Iraqi government.

In late January, Baghdad announced plans to repatriate all its nationals residing in camps for people with links to ISIS in northeast Syria, based on an agreement with the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
Iraqis and Syrians make up the majority of the 40,000 ISIS-linked individuals at the al-Hol, which has been described as a breeding ground for extremism and terrorism.

The repatriation of ISIS-linked citizens has sparked division in Iraq. Some communities and tribes are opposed to accepting ISIS-linked individuals and their families, citing the group’s brutal human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
violations during its rise in 2014 and subsequent fall in 2017.

Others argue that reintegration should be considered for families of ISIS members, especially those who were not directly involved in severe crimes.
Related:
Hol camp: 2025-02-17 US forces deliver second batch of aid to displaced Kurds in Rojava: DAANES
Hol camp: 2025-02-16 Baghdad may halt al-Hol repatriations after USAID funding cuts
Hol camp: 2025-02-09 'Soon we'll be free and ISIS will be revived': Jihadi brides' threat to the West as Syrian prison camp guards admit the 40,000 inmates are on verge of freedom and Islamic State could return 'in just days'
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Al Hol camp is the wives and children, Mercutio. Many have been there the better part of a decade.
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-02-19 21:36  

#1  Personally I'd be thrilled to have a light division of gunnies shipped back to my country... /sarc
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-02-19 10:05  

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