Edmonton women arrested on terrorism peace bonds after returning from Syria | 24CA News
Two Edmonton ladies have been arrested after returning to Canada from a jail camp for ISIS households in Syria, the RCMP confirmed on Friday.
Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti have been taken into custody upon arriving at Montreal-Trudeau airport.
They have been transported to Alberta and appeared in court docket in Edmonton earlier than being launched on bail.
Neither have been charged with any crimes.
Crown prosecutors are as an alternative asking the courts for terrorism peace bonds that will impose restrictions on them within the identify of public security.
The courts usually order these on terrorism peace bond to put on an ankle monitor, adhere to a curfew and keep off the web, amongst different situations.
Kalouti, 42, returned along with her three kids. She and Carson, 33, have been captured in Syria in the course of the combat in opposition to ISIS and detained for greater than 4 years.
Global Affairs Canada secured their launch from the custody of the Syrian Democratic Forces and flew them again to Canada on Thursday.
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, which controls the Kurdish-majority area, launched pictures of the visiting Canadian delegation.
Following the assembly, 5 Canadian residents “were handed over from the families of the ISIS organization,” the Administration stated in a press release.
Photo launched by administration that controls the Kurdish-majority northeast area of Syria exhibits go to by Canadian delegation, left, earlier than handover of 5 Canadian detainees.
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The instances are the most recent to implicate Alberta residents in ISIS, the terrorist group recognized for its plots in Canada, beheadings and genocide of Yazidis.
On June 15, RCMP charged Calgary resident, Zakarya Rida Hussein, 20, with 4 counts of terrorism over on-line movies allegedly supporting ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Another Calgary man, Hussein Borhot, was sentenced final May to 12 years over his time with ISIS. His cousin Jamal Borhot is awaiting trial.
Edmonton resident Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi is serving 20 years within the United States for serving to six ISIS members journey to Syria.
Those the U.S. Department of Justice stated he “encouraged, aided and financially assisted” included three of his cousins from Edmonton, one other from Minneapolis and a Californian.
In 2020, Global News reported that authorities paperwork recognized Ayan Jama of Edmonton as the previous spouse of a senior member of the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab.
“She has participated in the recruitment and radicalization of a Canadian, whose eventual travel overseas to Syria was encouraged and partially financed by her,” the paperwork alleged.
Ayan Jama, alleged member of Al Shabaab from Edmonton.
According to the Edmonton-based Organization for the Prevention of Violence (OPV), Albertans are “overrepresented” amongst Canadians who’ve joined teams like ISIS.
“This phenomenon peaked in 2014-2015 after Daesh declared its so-called Caliphate in Syria. Most of these individuals died overseas, and the remainder tend to fit into one of two groups,” the OPV wrote.
“The first group encompasses individuals who have already returned to Canada, known as ’returnees’; and the second includes those currently detained abroad in Syria.”
The authorities has now repatriated 9 Canadian ladies and their 14 kids from camps for households captured in the course of the defeat of ISIS.
Four of the ladies are from Alberta, as is among the 4 males nonetheless held in Syria. The relaxation are from Ontario, B.C. and Quebec.
Although it’s unlawful to go away Canada to take part in terrorism, solely one of many ladies, Oumaima Chouay, has been charged up to now.
Seven others have been arrested on peace bonds, whereas the federal government introduced one again to Toronto in April with out arresting her.
The solely Canadian lady remaining on the camps is a former Montreal resident who didn’t high quality for Ottawa’s assist as a result of she was deemed a safety risk.
She is along with her six kids.
Kurdish fighters took hundreds of foreigners into custody in the course of the 2019 battle to recapture the elements of Syria seized by ISIS.
Canada is among the many international locations which have declined to deliver again any males — though one, Toronto ISIS executioner Mohammed Khalifa, was taken to the United States.
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