Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp

Associated Press  

QAMISHLI, Syria — The Kurdish-led administration in Syria’s northeast handed over on Saturday to the Netherlands a Dutch woman, her two young sons, and a Dutch girl, who lived in a camp for families of alleged Islamic State militants. It was the second time Dutch nationals have been repatriated from camps in northeast Syria, where thousands of foreigners and Iraqis have been living since the defeat of the extremist group in 2019. A Dutch court ruled last year that authorities are not obliged to repatriate a group of 23 Dutch women and their 56 children currently detained in Northern Syria. “The International community must bear its responsibilities regarding bringing those militants to trial and repatriating their nationals,” said Syrian Kurdish official Abdulkarim Omar.

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A Dutch woman who kept a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria is imprisoned for 10 years
Trending News
4 weeks, 2 days ago

A Dutch woman who kept a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria is imprisoned for 10 years

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court has convicted a woman of crimes against humanity for keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. The Hague District Court on Wednesday found Hasna A. guilty of multiple offenses for traveling to Syria in 2015, to join the Islamic State group. “Thousands of …

Iraq repatriates nearly 700 more citizens linked to the Islamic State group from a Syrian camp
8 months, 1 week ago

Iraq repatriates nearly 700 more citizens linked to the Islamic State group from a Syrian camp

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — Iraq has repatriated hundreds more of its citizens linked to the Islamic State group from a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria, Iraqi and Syrian officials said Monday. Ali Jahangir, a spokesman for Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displaced, said the nearly 700 Iraqis, mostly women and children, arrived late Sunday at a camp near Iraq’s northern city of …

Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Syrian Kurdish officials hand over 50 women and children linked to Islamic State group to Tajikistan

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria on Thursday handed over 50 women and children — family members of Islamic State militants — to a delegation from Tajikistan for repatriation back home. The 17 women and 33 children, all citizens of Tajikistan, were handed over to a delegation headed by the Tajik ambassador to Kuwait, Zubaydullo Zubaydzoda, Syrian Kurdish officials …

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria
9 months, 4 weeks ago

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters of various nationalities are suffering abuse in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn country’s northwest, a U.N.-backed commission said Monday. “These children were already victimized during ISIL’s rule, only to be …

Kyrgyzstan brings back 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps
1 year, 4 months ago

Kyrgyzstan brings back 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps

Al Jazeera  

The country’s third repatriation was carried out with the help of the US, the UN and the Red Cross. “The humanitarian mission on August 30, was carried out to repatriate citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic staying in a camp in northeast Syria,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday. “Thirty-one women and 64 children who are …

Four Dutch women with ISIS ties sentenced to prison by Rotterdam court
1 year, 8 months ago

Four Dutch women with ISIS ties sentenced to prison by Rotterdam court

NL Times  

The Rotterdam District Court sentenced four Dutch women with ties to ISIS to prison terms ranging from 30 to 36 months, with 12 to 15 months of probation. Their collection from the camp followed a court ruling that declared the Netherlands had to repatriate the women so they could face prosecution over their possible involvement with ISIS. The court said …

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families
2 years, 2 months ago

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

Associated Press  

RAQQA, Syria — A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh have failed …

Twelve women remanded into custody on terrorism charges after arrival from Syria
2 years, 2 months ago

Twelve women remanded into custody on terrorism charges after arrival from Syria

NL Times  

The 12 women suspected of terrorism who were picked up from northern Syria on Tuesday will remain in custody for two more weeks, the examining magistrate of the court in Rotterdam decided on Friday. The women and their 28 children arrived in the Netherlands late on Tuesday evening. The Cabinet decided to take the women back so that they can …

Netherlands to pick up 12 women in Syria on terrorism charges, along with 28 children
2 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands to pick up 12 women in Syria on terrorism charges, along with 28 children

NL Times  

Twelve Dutch women were picked up in Syria and will be transported to the Netherlands where they will be taken into custody for crimes related to terrorism offenses, the Dutch Cabinet confirmed on Tuesday. “The women will be arrested after arrival in the Netherlands and will be tried,” wrote Justice and Security Minister Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius in a letter to the …

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL
2 years, 3 months ago

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is working on plans to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children from camps in northern Syria, RTL news reported on Wednesday. The Dutch children’s ombudsman and Humans Rights Watch have also urged the Netherlands to bring back its nationals from Syria. In February, the Netherlands brought back five women and 11 children from the Kurdish refugee …

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL
2 years, 3 months ago

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is working on plans to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children from camps in northern Syria, RTL news reported on Wednesday. The Dutch children’s ombudsman and Humans Rights Watch have also urged the Netherlands to bring back its nationals from Syria. In February, the Netherlands brought back five women and 11 children from the Kurdish refugee …

German woman jailed for taking son to Syria to join Islamic State
2 years, 5 months ago

German woman jailed for taking son to Syria to join Islamic State

The Hindu  

A German woman was convicted on July 26 of membership in the Islamic State group and other offenses for travelling to Syria to join the organisation with her young son. The Duesseldorf state court said Verena M., whose full name wasn't released in line with German privacy rules, was convicted of membership in a foreign terrorist organisation and abduction of …

Syria's Kurds Repatriate Nearly 150 IS-Related Tajikistan Women, Children
2 years, 5 months ago

Syria's Kurds Repatriate Nearly 150 IS-Related Tajikistan Women, Children

News 18  

Syria’s semi-autonomous Kurdish administration handed Tajikistan 146 women and children related to Islamic State group jihadists, a Kurdish official said Monday, in the first such repatriation to the ex-Soviet state. Thousands of foreign extremists joined IS as fighters, often bringing their wives and children to live in the “caliphate” declared by the group across swathes of Iraq and Syria in …

Advocates fear for women and children in Syrian camps following death of Yusuf Zahab
2 years, 5 months ago

Advocates fear for women and children in Syrian camps following death of Yusuf Zahab

ABC  

Advocates for women and children stuck in Syrian detention camps say they have grave concerns two young boys could be taken off their mothers and sent to an adult prison "any day". Key points: Yusuf Zahab is believed to have been killed in a Syrian jail There are fears for other women and children detained Kurdish authorities in charge of …

Dutch repatriating group of women, children from Syria
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch repatriating group of women, children from Syria

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government said Thursday it is repatriating five women from Syria who are suspected of terror offenses, along with their 11 children. The justice and foreign ministers said in a letter to Parliament that a “special operation” was underway to bring the women and children back to the Netherlands. “With the transportation to the Netherlands, …

Trapped and traumatised: Thousands of foreign children languish in Syrian camps with no hope of going home
3 years ago

Trapped and traumatised: Thousands of foreign children languish in Syrian camps with no hope of going home

The Independent  

The sun rises and the boys at the al-Houri deradicalisation centre and orphanage in northeast Syria move listlessly through yet another day of chores, in what is effectively a prison. “It’s simple, countries need to take their children home.” In February 2021, Unicef estimated there were more than 22,000 foreign children of at least 60 nationalities languishing in camps and …

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria
3 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria

Dutch News  

The government plans to try to bring five Dutch terrorist suspects back from Syria to ensure they don’t escape trial, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs. The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended unless the suspects are brought back within three and six months, or unless concrete steps have been made to repatriate …

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria
3 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands to try to repatriate five terrorist suspects from Syria

Dutch News  

The government plans to try to bring five Dutch terrorist suspects back from Syria to ensure they don’t escape trial, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs. The decision follows Rotterdam court rulings, which said the cases could be suspended unless the suspects are brought back within three and six months, or unless concrete steps have been made to repatriate …

Netherlands to soon bring back more ISIS-affiliated women to stand trial
3 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands to soon bring back more ISIS-affiliated women to stand trial

NL Times  

The Netherlands will soon bring back more women affiliated with the terrorist organization ISIS, the AD reported. On Monday, a session will be held in the Rotterdam court regarding 13 women suspected of being affiliated with ISIS. The judge stated that he will close their cases, if the government does not retrieve the women soon thus, giving them the chance …

Germany, Denmark bring children, women home from Syrian camp
3 years, 3 months ago

Germany, Denmark bring children, women home from Syrian camp

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany and Denmark have brought home 11 women and 37 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected Islamic State group members have been held, the German foreign ministry said Thursday. Germany repatriated 23 children and their eight mothers from the Roj camp on Wednesday evening, while Denmark brought back 14 children and three women. German Foreign …

Germany and Denmark repatriate women, children from Syria camp
3 years, 3 months ago

Germany and Denmark repatriate women, children from Syria camp

Al Jazeera  

Germany and Denmark repatriate 37 children and 11 women from a camp where suspected ISIL members are being held. Germany and Denmark have brought home 11 women and 37 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the ISIL armed group have been held, the German foreign ministry has said. “They are mostly sick children or those …

Cabinet brings back woman from Syria with alleged ties to ISIS to begin trial
3 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet brings back woman from Syria with alleged ties to ISIS to begin trial

NL Times  

Ilham B. was picked up in Syria on Friday by a Dutch delegation who will transfer her to the Netherlands. The judge responsible for the case warned last year that he would close the case against B. if the Netherlands did not make an effort to bring her back from Syria. The lawyer of B., Tamara Buruma, said she is …

Dutch delegation brings back three children and one woman from Syria
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch delegation brings back three children and one woman from Syria

NL Times  

Four Dutch nationals, including one woman with alleged ties to ISIS and three children aged two, five and twelve were handed over to Dutch officials, Kurdish authorities in the northeast of Syria reported on Friday evening. During the Syrian civil war, some foreigners, including Dutch nationals, traveled to Syria to join ISIS. In June 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that …

Dutch gov’t allowed to strip nationality from 6 who joined terrorist groups in Syria
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch gov’t allowed to strip nationality from 6 who joined terrorist groups in Syria

NL Times  

The Dutch government acted lawfully when it stripped six Dutch-Moroccan dual citizens of their Netherlands nationality on allegations that they traveled to Syria to join Islamic extremist group ISIS or other terrorist groups. The Council of State issued a ruling on Friday saying that the former state secretary for justice and security had sufficient reason to revoke their Dutch nationality …

Killings surge in Syria camp housing Islamic State families
3 years, 10 months ago

Killings surge in Syria camp housing Islamic State families

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The deaths stacked up: a policeman shot dead with a pistol equipped with a silencer, a local official gunned down, his son wounded, an Iraqi man beheaded. In total, 20 men and women were killed last month in the sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing families of the Islamic State group. The slayings in al-Hol camp — nearly …

Killings surge in Syria camp housing Islamic State families
3 years, 10 months ago

Killings surge in Syria camp housing Islamic State families

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In total, 20 men and women were killed last …

UN: Bring home kids from Syria with possible extremist links
3 years, 10 months ago

UN: Bring home kids from Syria with possible extremist links

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. counter-terrorism chief on Wednesday urged the repatriation of tens of thousands of women and children suspected of links to the Islamic State extremist group, warning that many are being radicalized in deteriorating detention camps in Syria and Iraq. He said Biden is committed to working with the international coalition that the U.S. established in 2014 …

Germany, Finland repatriate women and children from Syria camps
4 years ago

Germany, Finland repatriate women and children from Syria camps

Al Jazeera  

The two nations say they repatriated 23 of their nationals, some under criminal investigation for allegedly belonging to ISIL. Germany and Finland say they have repatriated 23 of their nationals, women and children from Syria, some of whom were under criminal investigation for allegedly belonging to the ISIL group. “I am very relieved that we were able to repatriate another …

Female jihadist reported to Dutch consulate in Turkey for return to NL
4 years, 1 month ago

Female jihadist reported to Dutch consulate in Turkey for return to NL

NL Times  

Angela B., a Dutch woman who left for Syria to join terrorist movement ISIS in 2014, reported to the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, Turkey this week, insiders confirmed to NU.nl after reports in Dutch media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs only said that a 25-year-old Dutch woman and her son reported to the consulate. The Dutch government's position has always …

Convicted Dutch terrorist helped 12 women escape ISIS camps, Prosecutor says
4 years, 3 months ago

Convicted Dutch terrorist helped 12 women escape ISIS camps, Prosecutor says

NL Times  

Former member of the Hofstad group and convicted terrorist Samir A. helped at least 12 women who are on the national terrorism sanction list escape from ISIS camps in Syria, the Public Prosecution Service said in the court in Rotterdam on Thursday, NU.nl reports. A. does not deny supporting the women financially, but sees it as emergency aid, his lawyer …

Dutch state does not have to help women, children trapped in Syria: Supreme Court
4 years, 6 months ago

Dutch state does not have to help women, children trapped in Syria: Supreme Court

NL Times  

The Dutch State does not have to repatriate women and children currently trapped in camps in Syria or Iraq, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a cassation case filed by 23 Dutch women who went to areas controlled by terrorist organization ISIS of their own accord. According to the Supreme court, the women and children cannot invoke human rights …

Dutch women turn to Supreme Court for help returning home from Syria
5 years, 1 month ago

Dutch women turn to Supreme Court for help returning home from Syria

NL Times  

A group of Dutch women currently trapped in detention- and refugee camps in Syria are turning to the Supreme Court in a final attempt to force the Netherlands to help bring their children and themselves back to the country. This is the final step possible in the case filed on behalf of 23 Dutch women who went to join terrorist …

Netherlands does not have to help kids trapped in Syria: Appellate Court
5 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands does not have to help kids trapped in Syria: Appellate Court

NL Times  

The Netherlands will not have to retrieve children of Dutch citizens awaiting their fates in Syrian detention and displacement camps, the kids of Dutch women who left the Netherlands to enter conflict zones in Syria and Iraq. Attorneys for the Dutch government argued that children cannot be brought to the Netherlands on their own for fear of causing greater problems …

Court orders Netherlands to bring back kids, but not mothers, stuck in Syria
5 years, 2 months ago

Court orders Netherlands to bring back kids, but not mothers, stuck in Syria

NL Times  

A court in Den Haag ordered the Netherlands to quickly bring 56 children of Dutch parents back to the country from Syrian detention and displacement camps. Because the mothers themselves are alleged to have voluntarily traveled to ISIS-held territory either to join the Islamic State or to be with partners who participate as enemy combatants, the court did not mandate …

The Netherlands will ask for one IS escapee to be extradited: minister
5 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands will ask for one IS escapee to be extradited: minister

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will issue an extradition request to Turkey for one of two female IS members who reached the Dutch embassy in Ankara this week with three of their children, broadcaster NOS said on Friday. The other woman has had her Dutch nationality withdrawn and is therefore not eligible to be brought back, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus said. ‘I recommended …

The Netherlands will ask for one IS escapee to be extradited: minister
5 years, 2 months ago

The Netherlands will ask for one IS escapee to be extradited: minister

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will issue an extradition request to Turkey for one of two female IS members who reached the Dutch embassy in Ankara this week with three of their children, broadcaster NOS said on Friday. The other woman has had her Dutch nationality withdrawn and is therefore not eligible to be brought back, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus said. ‘I recommended …

Two Dutch ISIS women, three children escaped Syrian camp, fled to Turkey
5 years, 2 months ago

Two Dutch ISIS women, three children escaped Syrian camp, fled to Turkey

NL Times  

Two Dutch women and three children escaped a Syrian prison camp in Al Hol and reported to the Dutch embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara with a request to return to the Netherlands, the government said in a letter to parliament on Thursday. "The women and children are currently in Turkish detention, awaiting prosecution and/or deportation by the Turkish …

Prosecutor wants to bring 29 suspected jihadists back to NL for trial
5 years, 2 months ago

Prosecutor wants to bring 29 suspected jihadists back to NL for trial

NL Times  

The Public Prosecutor submitted a list of 29 suspected Dutch jihadists that it wants to bring back from Syria to the Netherlands to face justice, the Ministry of Justice and Security confirmed to NRC. That is likely because the government is dead-set against bringing suspected Dutch jihadists and their children back to the Netherlands, despite multiple calls from the Children's …

Netherlands wants Dutch jihadists to be tried in Iraq: report
5 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands wants Dutch jihadists to be tried in Iraq: report

NL Times  

The Netherlands and Iraq are looking into whether jihadists who fought for terrorist organizations like ISIS can be tried in the Middle Eastern country. Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs is advocating for a separate international tribunal to try foreign rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war, NRC reports. According to Dutch intelligence service AIVD, around 310 Dutch traveled to …

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria
5 years, 5 months ago

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria

Dutch News  

An 11-year-old Dutch girl who was taken by her mother to Syria three years ago has returned to the Netherlands. The Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent secured the girl’s return from north-western Syria after her father reported she had been kidnapped. An exception was made last month for two orphaned children aged two and four in northern Syria after …

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria
5 years, 5 months ago

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria

Dutch News  

An 11-year-old Dutch girl who was taken by her mother to Syria three years ago has returned to the Netherlands. The Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent secured the girl’s return from north-western Syria after her father reported she had been kidnapped. An exception was made last month for two orphaned children aged two and four in northern Syria after …

Jihadists' kids to be placed in special shelter upon return to Netherlands: report
5 years, 5 months ago

Jihadists' kids to be placed in special shelter upon return to Netherlands: report

NL Times  

Children of Dutch jihadists will be placed in a special shelter when they return to the Netherlands. The Child Protection Council did not tell AD where this shelter will be located, but did say that specialists are already ready to offer help as soon as the children arrive in the Netherlands. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer has made multiple calls on …

ISIS widow pleads for Netherlands to allow her four kids to return
5 years, 6 months ago

ISIS widow pleads for Netherlands to allow her four kids to return

NL Times  

Krista van T., a 31-year-old woman from Limburg who went to join terrorist organization ISIS with her husband in 2014, is now a widow living in a crowded refugee camp in northern Syria with her four children. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer has made multiple calls on the Dutch government to bring these children back to the Netherlands, expressing concerns for …

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges countries to repatriate families of Islamic State fighters
5 years, 6 months ago

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges countries to repatriate families of Islamic State fighters

Firstpost  

The United Nations rights chief called on countries to repatriate family members, including some 29,000 children, of suspected foreign fighters in Syria. Geneva: The United Nations rights chief called Monday for countries to repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters in Syria, including some 29,000 foreign children of Islamic State group jihadists. “The primary consideration must be their rehabilitation, protection …

Western Europe must repatriate its ISIL fighters and families
5 years, 6 months ago

Western Europe must repatriate its ISIL fighters and families

Al Jazeera  

Western capitals should take cue from Central Asia which has taken back hundreds of nationals from Syria and Iraq. Western European intransigence on ensuring that citizens detained abroad as ISIL suspects or their family members can return home made world headlines recently when an Iraqi court sentenced nine French citizens to death following trials tainted by allegations of torture. In …

Aid program ready for orphans, 2 and 4, returning from ISIS war zone
5 years, 6 months ago

Aid program ready for orphans, 2 and 4, returning from ISIS war zone

NL Times  

An extensive aid program is ready for the two Dutch orphans, aged 2 and 4 years, who were brought back to the Netherlands from a refugee camp in Syria, radicalization expert Annebregt Dijkman said to newspaper AD. While the government previously said that it will not actively work on bringing Dutch rebel fighters in the Syrian civil war and their …

Netherlands bringing back two ISIS orphans from Syria: report
5 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands bringing back two ISIS orphans from Syria: report

NL Times  

Two Dutch orphans from ISIS families were transferred to a Dutch government delegation in Ain Issa in Northern Syria on Sunday, Abdulkarim Omar, who is responsible for foreign relations as a director of the Kurdish region in northern Syria, said on Twitter. "At the request of the Dutch government, the self-administration of North and East Syria handed over on June …

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial
5 years, 7 months ago

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial

Dutch News  

Talks have begun between the Netherlands and Iraq to repatriate 10 women and their children being held in Kurdish refugee camps after they went to join the civil war in Syria. The Dutch government is trying to organise safe passage for the women to the Dutch consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil without them being prosecuted in Iraq, where …

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial
5 years, 7 months ago

Talks under way to bring women and children back from Syria to face trial

Dutch News  

Talks have begun between the Netherlands and Iraq to repatriate 10 women and their children being held in Kurdish refugee camps after they went to join the civil war in Syria. The Dutch government is trying to organise safe passage for the women to the Dutch consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil without them being prosecuted in Iraq, where …

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