Kyrgyzstan repatriates over 600 citizens from detention camps in Syria and Iraq

Kyrgyzstan has repatriated over 600 citizens from Syria and Iraq, according to the Kyrgyz state news agency AKIpress.

The returnees, who had been living in detention camps, were linked to ISIS fighters and other terrorist groups, Shafaq News reported.

The repatriation operation was carried out at the behest of President Sadyr Japarov, and involved the cooperation of all government agencies, according to AKIpress.

According to media reports, A-Hol camp in north-east Syria was home to more than 50,000 people, including family members of suspected ISIS militants, as well as displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees, before repatriation efforts began in 2021.