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Canada repatriating 14 citizens from detention camps in Syria

A woman and a child stand in Al-Roj detention camp in northeast Syria, where people with alleged affiliations with ISIL (ISIS) remain detained [File: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP Photo]

The Canadian government has said that it is in the process of repatriating more than a dozen citizens from detention camps in northeast Syria.

In a statement on Thursday, the foreign affairs department said 10 children and four women would be returned to the country, after being held in a Syrian camp for foreigners accused of being affiliated with ISIL (ISIS).

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