US repatriates 11 citizens from camp for relatives of Islamic State militants
Voice of America
FILE - Women and children gather at al-Hol camp, which houses some 60,000 refugees, including families and supporters of Islamic State, in Hasakeh, Syria, May 1, 2021. The U.S. State Department said on May 7, 2024, that it had repatriated 11 U.S. citizens from Syrian camps.
The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
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