US Repatriates 11 Citizens From Camps in Northeast Syria

Published on May 7, 2024

The United States repatriated 11 citizens from northeast Syria on Tuesday, May 7, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced. Mr. Blinken said that among those 11 repatriated U.S. citizens were five minors. The operation also saw U.S. officials resettle within the United States the nine-year-old non-U.S. citizen sibling of one of the U.S. citizen minors repatriated on Tuesday. Mr. Blinken said Tuesday’s effort marks the largest single repatriation of U.S. citizens from northeast Syria to date. In addition to returning U.S. citizens to the United States, the State Department also facilitated the repatriation of six Canadian citizens, four Dutch citizens, and one Finnish citizen. Among that group of foreign nationals were another eight minors....

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