Edmonton family returning to Canada from ISIS camp in Syria | 24CA News
Two Edmonton girls had been returning to Canada on Thursday after the federal government facilitated their launch from a jail camp for ISIS suspects caught in Syria.
Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon mentioned Global Affairs Canada had confirmed the ladies had boarded a flight residence together with three youngsters.
It was unclear when or the place they’d be arriving, and if the ladies would face terrorism prices.
The girls are believed to be Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti, a mom of three.
The sisters-in-law had been speculated to have been launched in April, together with 4 different Canadian girls and 10 youngsters, however they may not be positioned at the moment.
Neither the RCMP nor Global Affairs Canada would remark.
Canadian diplomats and native authorities in northeast Syria on the handover of 4 Canadian girls on April 5, 2023.
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Nine girls from Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and B.C. have now been launched from the crowded jail camps for suspected ISIS households in Syria.
Only one has been charged with terrorism offences in Canada to this point. None of the 4 males in custody in Syria have but been introduced again.
“It’s a good day,” mentioned Greenspon, who represented the ladies’s households in a Federal Court case towards the federal government.
He mentioned Canadians ought to be reassured that many of the girls who’ve returned from the ISIS camps have been arrested on terrorism peace bonds upon arriving in Canada.
Peace bonds are meant to guard public security by imposing restrictions comparable to ankle screens, home arrest and web bans on suspects.
In a collection of textual content messages to Global News, Carson’s mom mentioned her daughter was solely “accused” and her involvement in ISIS remained unproven.
“My daughter puts her trust in God and lives by no fantasy any longer that she will be treated fairly or with the respect she deserves,” she wrote within the 2021 message.
Toronto lady who married an ISIS fighter and returned to Canada April 6 with out being arrested.
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Carson is married to Kalouti’s brother, Yazan, who’s believed to be amongst 4 Canadian males nonetheless in custody in northeast Syria.
The solely Canadian lady now remaining on the camps is a former Montreal resident who didn’t qualify for Ottawa’s assist as a result of she was deemed a safety risk. Her six youngsters are along with her.
Kurdish fighters took 1000’s of foreigners into custody throughout the 2019 battle to recapture the components of Syria seized by ISIS.
Four years later, solely a handful have returned to their residence international locations, in line with figures launched by the Kurdish Peace Institute.
Of the roughly 2,000 male overseas ISIS fighters held by Kurdish forces, simply 74 have been repatriated by their governments, the Washington, D.C.-based institute mentioned.
Canada is among the many international locations which have declined to carry again any males — though one, Toronto ISIS executioner Mohammed Khalifa, was taken to the United States.
Of the 12,500 overseas girls and youngsters held by the Kurds, solely about 20 per cent have returned to their international locations, in line with the figures.
Global Affairs Canada refused to assist the Canadian girls till their households filed a case within the Federal Court searching for their repatriation.
The authorities introduced again 4 girls and their youngsters on April 6. None had been charged. The RCMP as a substitute arrested three of them on terrorism peace bonds.
Another two returned to Canada final October. One was arrested on a peace bond and the second, Oumaima Chouay, was charged with terrorism.
The 4 Canadian males who stay in custody in Syria embrace self-admitted ISIS sniper Muhammad Ali, a former resident of Mississauga, Ont.
The Federal Court had ordered the federal government to repatriate the boys, however officers appealed and the choice was overturned.
The Kurdish-led administration that controls northeast Syria intends to place the overseas ISIS members in its custody on trial.
“They will be public trials – monitors, observers, experts, lawyers, will be welcome to these trials,” the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria mentioned.
“These will be fair trials.”
Arrest photograph of Canadian ISIS executioner Mohammed Khalifa.
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The Canadian Security Intelligence Service warned in its newest annual report in regards to the long-term risk posed by what it referred to as Canadian Extremist Travellers (CETs).
“Although CET returnees may not immediately or directly engage in extremist violence, they still pose a national security risk,” the report mentioned.
“In time, CETs may engage in extremist activities such as fundraising, maintenance of domestic and international networks, radicalization and/or recruitment.”
Stewart.Bell@globalnews.ca
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