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Eight Azerbaijani citizens returned from Syria

2024-05-16

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Three women and five children who were in camps in Syria have been returned to Azerbaijan, the Foreign Ministry reported.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, Azerbaijan periodically organizes the return of its citizens from camps in Syria and Iraq.

Those would be where the SDF parked the ISIS fighters and famliy members picked up in the course of reconquering the Islamic State’s short-lived caliphate. Al Hol/Al Hawl is the main one.

Thus, on February 21, two women and five children who were in camps in Syria were returned to Azerbaijan. In October 2023, a woman and nine children were returned to Azerbaijan from Syrian camps, and in August of the same year, three women and 13 children were returned.

At least 120 women from Azerbaijan remain in Iraq, Turan agency columnist Tofig Turkel reported in June 2023. In November 2022, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry estimated the total number of its citizens repatriated from Syria and Iraq over the years at 409 people.

On May 14, eight Azerbaijani citizens - three women and five children - were repatriated from the “conflict regions” of Syria, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.

According to the department, their transition to Turkish territory was first ensured, and then members of the interdepartmental group responsible for the repatriation of Azerbaijani citizens from Iraq and Syria were sent to Turkey, where a medical and psychological examination of the repatriates was carried out, the message said, which was translated into Russian language correspondent for the "Caucasian Knot".

Travel documents and air tickets were provided to them by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Istanbul. After the repatriates return, their social rehabilitation is provided for, the report notes.

In recent years, about 460 people have been repatriated from Syria and Iraq to Azerbaijan, and this process continues, a representative of the interdepartmental working group on the repatriation of Azerbaijani citizens told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.

According to him, the location or place of detention of alleged Azerbaijani citizens is first established. Next, their Azerbaijani citizenship is checked. And after this, in agreement with the authorities of the host country, the repatriation process begins: transportation of citizens to Turkey, their examination, provision of documents and then return to their homeland.

The representative of the interdepartmental group found it difficult to name the approximate number of Azerbaijani citizens remaining in Syria and Iraq, “since the available information needs to be verified and double-checked.”

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Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-16 16:40

#1 After the repatriates return, their social rehabilitation is provided for, the report notes.

Like Alex in Clockwork Orange?

Posted by: Raj 2024-05-16 00:28

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