| From 13. September. Frustratingly, neither the lady nor her relatives appear in the Rantburg archives under the names here. |
[NPASyria] The US intends to repatriate an American family from Hawl Camp in Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The family was brought to Syria by the father to join the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) in 2016, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported on Tuesday.
The family consists of the mother, Brandy Salman, 49, and nine children aged between six and 25, all born in the US. They were taken into custody in the town of Baghuz, Syria’s eastern governorate of Deir ez-Zor.
One of the children, who is now about 17, was taken to Houri center several years ago for rehabilitation and de-radicalization.
In an exclusive statement to North Press in August, Khaled Ibrahim, an official at the Foreign Relations Department of the AANES, explained the reason for separating children from their mothers in Hawl Camp, saying "Children of the age of 12 and above are sexually exploited to increase ISIS offspring based upon fatwas issued by their emirs, they claim."
He added that ISIS is reorganizing and forming new groups using women and underage children living in Hawl and Roj camps. They undergo ideology training and are taught to carry out liquidations and recruit other children.
Therefore, the AANES, according to international laws and the 2020 Children’s Protection Law No.7 issued by its General Council, is taking the best interest of the children in mind, "transfers them after obtaining approval from their mothers to Orkesh and Houri centers for rehabilitation."
Houri center, established four years ago in the town of Tel Ma’rouf, southeast of the city Qamishli, is the first center designated for the rehabilitation of ISIS children from Death Eater ideologies and reintegrate them into civil societies. The center accommodates children aged 12-18.
Similarly, Halat center, situated in the city of Hasakah, cares for and rehabilitates ISIS children whose mothers are held in the two camps. The center houses 55 children from different western and Arab countries [except for Syrians and Iraqis] aged 2-12. During the day, the children are brought to Halat center but in the evening they are taken back to their mothers, according to previous reports.
Orkesh center, some 5 km to the southwest of Qamishli, opened its doors late last year. It is home to upwards of 50 children, particularly those of foreign women.
If the repatriation is carried out, it would be the largest group of people the US has repatriated from Northeast Syria. So far, the US has returned 40 US citizens, including 25 children and 15 adults, since 2016.
Related: Arab News has more, including the names of two of the prolific Ms Salman’s American relations: sister Rebecca Jean Harris and father Stephen R. Caravalho.
Related:
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Hawl Camp: 2023-08-18 ISIS dangerous ideology remains threat in Syria – CJTF-OIR
Hawl Camp: 2023-08-06 Al Nusra denies it was behind killing of IS chief
Hawl Camp: 2023-08-23 Kurds in Deir ez-Zor: Probable-ISIS murders Asayish man, SDF arrests ISIS emir, Asayish arrest small time drug dealers
Hawl Camp: 2023-08-18 ISIS dangerous ideology remains threat in Syria – CJTF-OIR
Hawl Camp: 2023-08-06 Al Nusra denies it was behind killing of IS chief