Syrian Camps

• Ottawa urged to take action on Syria ISIS camps’ ‘echoes’ of Guantanamo Bay

  A delegation presented a report in Ottawa on Thursday after visiting the region, which is home to camps filled with family members of Islamic State group militants.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2023
  
• Feds won’t support civil society team offering to repatriate Canadians from Syria 

  The federal government has rebuffed an offer from a civil society delegation to travel to northeastern Syria on Ottawa's behalf to repatriate detained Canadians.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2023
  
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• Federal Court of Appeal overturns order to help return men in Syrian camps

  The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps and jails run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the strife-torn region from ISIS.

  Canada

  May 31, 2023
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• Federal Court hearings set to begin about repatriating Canadian detainees in Syria

  A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings into the Liberal government's refusal to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are being held in northeastern Syria.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2022
• Canada looking to secure release of 19 women, children held in Syria: document

  A handful of women and children have returned to Canada from the region in recent years. Feds say they are looking to help secure the release of 19 Canadian women and children.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2022