"With U.S. government assistance, Tanzania repatriated one woman and three children from the Roj displaced persons camp in northeast Syria on Monday, August 11," the State Department said in a statement.
Washington also thanked the Tanzanian government for cooperating on the repatriation and praised "our local partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces, for their assistance" and their "commitment to ensure the enduring defeat of [the Islamic State
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As of late July, Rudaw English learned that al-Hol was home to more than 28,000 people, including 6,654 Iraqis, 15,364 Syrians, and 6,401 foreigners, according to Sheikhmous Ahmed, one of the officials overseeing camps in Rojava.
For its part, Iraq has also been repatriating its citizens from the Roj and al-Hol camps in batches since 2021. By late July, around 15,000 Iraqis had been returned, with nearly 10,000 resettled in their hometowns and villages, according to an Iraqi migration ministry official.
Baghdad is also preparing to host a conference in Geneva this September aimed at encouraging further international repatriations. The Iraqi government has set a target to repatriate all its citizens from the camps in Rojava by 2027.