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Morocco plans repatriation of IS-linked citizens from Iraq, official says

Morocco plans to repatriate hundreds of nationals including 269 women and 981 minors from Iraqi detention and Syrian camps to address security and legal challenges.

Summary by Al-Monitor
By Ahmed EljechtimiRABAT, March 12 (Reuters) - Morocco is developing plans to repatriate its nationals who fought for Islamic State in Syria and were transferred by the United States into Iraqi detention, a senior security official said on Thursday.The U.S. began moving detained IS members out of Syria in January after the collapse of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which had been guarding around a dozen facilities holding IS fig…

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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