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| US CENTCOM urges nations to bring ISIS relatives home from al-Hole |
| 2022-09-13 |
| The head of the US armed forces’ Central Command Monday urged countries from around the world to repatriate their nationals from a northeast Syrian camp housing militants’ wives and children. Al-Hol camp holds around 56,000 people -- mostly Syrians and Iraqis, but also around 10,000 who consist largely of wives and children of ISIS fighters originating from further afield. Many were taken to the camp during the defeat of the militant group’s self-declared caliphate by US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces in 2019. “I encourage all of the countries that have citizens there to repatriate, rehabilitate and reintegrate” camp residents, CENTCOM’s General Michael Kurilla told reporters in Jordan’s capital Amman. Syria’s Kurds -- who run a semi-autonomous administration in northeast Syria -- have repeatedly begged countries to repatriate their citizens. But such calls, despite being echoed by the United Nations, have largely fallen on deaf ears, due to fears returnees might pose a security threat back home and trigger a domestic backlash. ISIS, a Sunni extremist group, seized around a third of Iraq and swathes of war-torn Syria in 2014, recruiting foreign militants from around the world, before it was gradually ground down by US-backed forces on both sides of the border. The foreigners at Al-Hol are detained in a secure area away from other camp residents, since many of them are still highly radicalized, posing problems for Kurdish guards and other camp residents. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The problem is the YPG Kurds who run it aren't commies, they're all Sunnis. The commie kurds woulda kill kill killed all the males above 16, reamed out the al Hole and made it a mass grave. Sunnis can't be expected to execute the ultra faithful of Allan. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-13 03:14 |
| #1 Bring them here. 56,000 extra more do not gonna hurt us. This are hard people that can take many jobs that nobody wants They will help to refund the pensions funds, American is a big country. |
| Posted by: ACA JOE 2022-09-13 00:32 |