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RCMP arrests two women after they return to Canada from ISIS camps in Syria

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Read more: Women caught in Syria during fight against ISIS returning to Canada On Thursday, Global Affairs Canada said it had taken four women and 10 kids out of Syria and returned them to Canada.But the repatriation did not go as planned.Six Canadian women were meant to return but two could not be found, said Lawrence Greenspon, the Ottawa lawyer representing the women’s families.They did not shown up at a designated meeting point, and the plane left without them, he said.

Their whereabouts remain unknown.The women are sisters-in-law from Edmonton. One of them has three children.The Canadians were taken prisoner by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria in the years leading up to the defeat of ISIS in 2019.The federal government initially declined to help them, but officials agreed to bring them back after their families appealed to the Federal Court.“Around the world, like-minded countries are taking steps to repatriate their respective citizens from northeastern Syria,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement.“Amidst reports of deteriorating conditions in the camps in northeastern Syria, we have been particularly concerned about the health and well-being of Canadian children.“As long as conditions allow, we will continue this work.” Read more: Victim stabbed by alleged ISIS supporter aboard B.C.

bus says attack was unprovoked Upon arriving back in Canada, Ahmed and Amjad were arrested by the RCMP, but a third Ontario woman was not taken into custody.

The fate of the fourth woman remains unknown.The RCMP did not respond to questions about the matter.The arrival of the women brings to seven the total number of adults who have returned to Canada from camps in Syria for ISIS suspects.All are women.

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