BEIRUT: Syria's Kurds said Wednesday two American women and six children had been repatriated to the United States from a camp housing thousands who fled the Islamic State group "caliphate".
The repatriation was carried out "at the request of the US government and based... on the free and voluntary desire of the American citizens to return to their country without any pressure or coercion," spokesman Kamal Akef said in a statement.
Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria is home to nearly 74,000 people, among them wives and children of suspected IS fighters.
Two women with Daesh ties, 6 children repatriated to US from Syria
Updated 06 June 2019
Two women with Daesh ties, 6 children repatriated to US from Syria
- The Kurdish-led administration said it helped return the citizens
- The repatriation was carried out at the request of the US government
