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Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces, with at least six people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said.
The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, Tehran, but expanded elsewhere. The fatalities, one on Wednesday and five on Thursday, occurred in three cities predominantly home to Iran’s Lur ethnic group.
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Iraq plans to repatriate all nationals from Rojava camps by 2027 – Rudaw Media Network
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Baghdad plans to repatriate all Iraqi nationals currently being held in camps for people with links to the Islamic State (ISIS) in northeast Syria (Rojava) by 2027, the spokesperson of the migration and displaced ministry said on Friday.
“Our ministry has reached an agreement with the United Nations regarding the solution for Iraqi families in al-Hol camp. According to the agreement, by 2027, no Iraqi families will remain in that camp and all of them will be returned,” Ali Abbas told Rudaw.
“Since 2021, more than 2,600 Iraqi families from al-Hol camp have been returned, and the process will continue until the last family is returned,” he added.
According to the latest statistics from the ministry, more than 20,000 Iraqis, including women and children, remain in al-Hol camp.
Iraqis and Syrians make up the majority of the 40,000 ISIS-linked people being held at the camp, which has been branded a breeding ground for terrorism.
Qasim al-Araji, Iraq’s national security advisor, said during an event on Thursday that Iraq “has made a courageous decision to return its citizens from Syria’s al-Hol camp, which represents a ticking bomb threatening Iraqi national security and the security of the region and world,” according to a statement from his office.
He called on all countries to follow suit – a call Kurdish authorities in Rojava and Americans have been making for years.