RCMP arrests two women after they return to Canada from ISIS camps in Syria | 24CA News
Two Ontario ladies have been arrested on terrorism allegations on Thursday after returning to Canada from camps in Syria for captured ISIS suspects.
Dure Ahmed and Ammara Amjad have been to seem in courtroom in Brampton, Ont., north of Toronto, after police sought terrorism peace bonds in opposition to them.
They have been amongst 4 ladies the Canadian authorities introduced out of Syria on Wednesday, together with their youngsters.
The Ontario courtroom confirmed the arrests, together with their lawyer. They don’t but face any prison expenses.
Peace bonds impose a listing of circumstances on suspects that may embrace carrying an ankle bracelet and collaborating in a de-radicalization program.
On Thursday, Global Affairs Canada mentioned it had taken 4 ladies and 10 youngsters out of Syria and returned them to Canada.
But the repatriation didn’t go as deliberate.
Six Canadian ladies have been meant to return however two couldn’t be discovered, mentioned Lawrence Greenspon, the Ottawa lawyer representing the ladies’s households.
They didn’t proven up at a delegated assembly level, and the airplane left with out them, he mentioned. Their whereabouts stay unknown.
The ladies are sisters-in-law from Edmonton. One of them has three youngsters.
Toronto girl detained at camp for ISIS suspects in Syria.
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The Canadians have been taken prisoner by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria within the years main as much as the defeat of ISIS in 2019.
The federal authorities initially declined to assist them, however officers agreed to carry them again after their households 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 mentioned in an announcement.
“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.”
Upon arriving again in Canada, Ahmed and Amjad have been arrested by the RCMP, however a 3rd Ontario girl was not taken into custody. The destiny of the fourth girl stays unknown.
The RCMP didn’t reply to questions concerning the matter.
The arrival of the ladies brings to seven the whole variety of adults who’ve returned to Canada from camps in Syria for ISIS suspects.
All are ladies. Only one has been charged with terrorism offences so far. Four others have been arrested on peace bonds and launched.
A protest by ladies on the Al Hawl camp for ISIS detainees shortly turned violent.
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Canada has struggled to carry expenses in opposition to so-called Canadian Extremist Travellers, with police citing the challenges of accumulating proof from abroad warfare zones.
National safety companies have as a substitute relied on peace bonds, surveillance, the no-fly record and refusal of passports.
“Where there is sufficient evidence, law enforcement and public safety agencies will independently take the necessary steps to keep our communities safe,” the GAC assertion mentioned.
“We reiterate that it is a serious criminal offence for anyone to leave Canada to knowingly support a terrorist group and those who engage in these activities will face the full force of Canadian law.”
Canadian diplomats and native authorities in northeast Syria at handover of 4 Canadian ladies on April 5, 2023.
AANES
Photos launched by the administration that controls Kurdish-majority northeast Syria confirmed its officers assembly three Canadian envoys on Wednesday.
The Canadians have been proven with representatives of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and the YPJ Women’s Protection Units.
“During the meeting, the two sides discussed the political situation in Syria in general and northern and eastern Syria in particular, and the humanitarian, economic and security situation in the region,” the AANES mentioned.
“At the end of the meeting, four women and 10 children from ISIS families were handed over, according to an official handover document between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the State of Canada.”
The United States welcomed Canada’s repatriation of the 14 ladies and youngsters, and mentioned it had supported the operation.
“Repatriation is the only durable solution for this population, most of whom are vulnerable children under the age of 12,” mentioned U.S. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel.
“Separately, 10,000 ISIS fighters are being held in detention facilities across the region. This constitutes the single largest concentration of detained terrorist fighters in the world and remains a threat to regional and international security.”
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