Germany has repatriated 27 children and eight mothers from the Roj camp in northeastern Syria, where nearly 2,500 women and children with ties to Islamic State militants are being held.
Half of the repatriated women were accused of being Isis members and were arrested upon arrival at Frankfurt airport. They were identified as Nadine K, Gulseren T, Emilie R and Fatiha B, a German-Moroccan dual citizen.
Nadine K is also accused of keeping a Yazidi woman as a sex slave. The woman was regularly assaulted by the suspect’s husband with Nadine K’s knowledge, it is claimed.
Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister, described the operation as extremely difficult and thanked Kurdish authorities of the Syrian Democratic Forces and partners from the United States for providing logistical
