France repatriates 15 women, 32 children from Syria jihadist camps

France repatriates 15 women and 32 children from Syria

France repatriated 15 women and 32 children from prison camps in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, under pressure from international organizations and several families, according to the French Foreign Ministry, which led the operation.

France returns 15 women and 32 children who were in refugee camps in Syria

The French Foreign Ministry announced this Tuesday that it has repatriated 15 women and 32 children...

France: More Women, Children Returned From ISIS Camps in Syria

PARIS—France on Tuesday repatriated another group of women and children from former ISIS terrorist group-controlled areas of Syria, the latest return of French nationals who’d been stranded in camps there, eyed warily by Paris. The group was made up of 32 minors and 15 adult women, France’s national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office said. It said the women, ranging in age from 19 to 56, were held in custody—some on the basis of arrest warrant…

France: More women, children returned from Islamic State camps in Syria

Around 50,000 Syrians and Iraqis are crowded into tents in the fenced-in al-Hol camp. Nearly 20,000 of them are children; the rest are mostly the wives or widows of ISIS fighters.

French repatriation of women and children from jihadist camps: “Put it in the hands of the judiciary.”

William Julié, Criminal and Human Rights Attorney, spoke to France 24’s François Picard about the repatriation of women and children to France from jihadist camps, following the third major repatriation in six months. This, as rights groups have long pushed for the return of mothers and children to France to face justice.

France: More women, children returned from IS camps in Syria

PARIS (AP) — France on Tuesday repatriated another group of women and children from former Islamic State group-controlled areas of Syria, the latest return of French nationals who'd been stranded in camps there.