Uzbekistan repatriates women and children linked to Islamic State in Syria
The 98 people were in camps for Islamic State fighters and their families in Kurdish-run northeast Syria. Some other countries have also brought their citizens home from IS camps there, while others have refused.
Uzbekistan has repatriated 98 people from families from camps in Syria for Islamic State (IS) affiliates.
The Central Asian country brought 25 women and 73 children home, Reuters reported Tuesday. They were in the al-Hol and Roj camps living in horrid conditions, according to the outlet.
The autonomous administration of north and east Syria runs several detention centers for IS fighters, affiliates and their families throughout the territory the Kurdish-led administration controls. Uzbeks are among those who traveled to Syria to join IS from 2014.
The autonomous administration has repeatedly asked foreign governments to take back their citizens from the area, but their efforts have achieved mixed results. France repatriated 10 children from the notorious al-Hol camp for IS-affiliated families in June. The same month, a Dutch court ruled that the Netherlands does not need to take back women and children of IS fighters from the European country.
