Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria have facilitated the repatriation of 50 women and children, who are family members of Islamic State militants, back to Tajikistan. The group, consisting of 17 women and 33 children, all Tajik citizens, was handed over to a delegation led by the Tajik ambassador to Kuwait, Zubaydullo Zubaydzoda.
Following the establishment of the Islamic State caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, many foreigners, including hundreds from Tajikistan, traveled to Syria to join IS and reside with their families in the self-proclaimed caliphate. After the defeat of IS, most of the militants' family members were housed in the al-Hol camp and the Roj camp in northeastern Syria.
