A British woman taken to Syria by ISIS and her child have been repatriated from a camp in the north-east of the country back to the UK. They are the first British nationals to be allowed to return since the end of the ISIS war in 2019 following a ground breaking decision.
British delegation met with local officials at a camp in the Kurdish-controlled region of northeast Syria to receive the woman and her child. The repatriations were confirmed by Jonathan Hargreaves, the UK Special Representative for Syria, in a Twitter post on Wednesday.
He stated that requests for consular assistance are reviewed by the UK government on a case-by-case basis, "taking into account all relevant considerations, including national security". The woman's name has not been revealed, with British human rights charity Reprieve advocating for her identity to stay protected, the Mirror reports.
