Turkey helps Moldovan family escape Islamic State camp in Syria

The woman and her family had been living in al-Hol since 2019, but their exact connection to IS is unclear.
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Women and children sit outdoors on the ground at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp for the displaced in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria on Jan. 14, 2020, where families of Islamic State fighters are held. - Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Turkey has reportedly “rescued” a Moldovan woman and her four children from the al-Hol camp for Islamic State (IS) families in Syria.

Natalia Barkal arrived in al-Hol in 2019, but returned home Friday with the help of Turkish and Moldovan intelligence, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

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