AANES official urges repatriation of ISIS families from Syria’s Hawl Camp
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – An official in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) called on countries on Wednesday to repatriate their nationals of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) families who reside in the camps of northeast Syria.
Sheikhmous Ahmed, the Co-chair of the Office of IDPs and Refugees Affairs of the AANES’ Executive Council, said in a statement that the killing of two Egyptian girls in Hawl Camp, which took place on Monday, is evidence that ISIS “has reorganized its ranks.”
On Tuesday, the bodies of two Egyptian girls, who are the 13-year-old Khadija and 10-year-old Hafsa, were found in the camp. Forensic examination revealed that both girls were slaughtered by a sharp tool.
The official added that the murder of the two girls came on orders by an ISIS’ judge.
Sheikhmous considered the incident a message to the international community. “The organization is still present and will continue. It currently works on reorganizing its ranks and may commit even bigger crimes against the region’s people and the camp residents.”
He called on the international community to intervene and help the AANES to reorganize the camp.
The co-chair also called on countries with nationals in the camp to repatriate them.
Sheikhmous warned that the camp constitutes a “fertile ground for ISIS to re-emerge and make a fresh start to declare its alleged [Islamic] state once again.”
He noted that ISIS crimes in the camp coincided with the latest Turkish threats to attack the AANES-held areas.
On Tuesday, a senior Turkish official told Reuters that Turkey intends to pursue targets in northern Syria to clear its southern border.
The AANES’ official stressed that security threats posed by the camp and Turkey’s warmongering rhetoric are serious and that the international community has to take a firm stance.
In the current year, 517 persons of the children and women of ISIS militants have been repatriated from ther camps of northeast Syria.