Canada Repatriates 2 women, 2 Children from Syria Camps

A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands near Kurdish internal security special forces during a security operation in al-Hol camp which holds displaced people and families of ISIS militants in Hasaka governorate, in northeast Syria August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

Canada has repatriated two women and two children from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected ISIS militants, and charged one with supporting terrorism, officials said Wednesday.

This followed years of pressure on Ottawa -- which long refused for security reasons to repatriate as many as 50 Canadians believed to be held in the camps, according to Human Rights Watch -- to bring them home.