ISIS's first wife allowed to return to UK with son from Syrian camp

The Islamic State bride and her son are the first Britons to be allowed to return to the country from a camp in northeast Syria - the identity of the woman has been kept anonymous

An internal security patrol escorts women, apparently Islamic State wives, into al-Hol camp (

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Two British nationals, an ISIS wife and son, have been repatriated from a camp in northeast Syria to the UK.

In a groundbreaking move, the woman and her son are the first Britons allowed to return since the end of Islamic State's ground war.

Local officials met with the British delegation to the Kurdish-controlled region of northeastern Syria and "received the wife of an Islamic State militant with his son", according to the news agency. northern press, from the al-Hawl camp.

Jonathan Hargreaves, the UK's special representative for Syria, confirmed the repatriations in a Twitter post on Wednesday, following a visit by a British delegation to the Kurdish-controlled region.

He said the UK government considers each request for consular assistance in Syria on a case-by-case basis, "taking into account all relevant considerations, including national security".

Al-Hol camp in Hassakeh province, northeast Syria (

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The woman's identity has remained anonymous and Reprieve, a UK human rights charity, has requested that her name remain protected.

Reprieve followed the woman's case and said she was "a victim of trafficking, taken to Syria by a male relative when she was a young girl" and that "she and her child were suffered extreme trauma".

It is estimated that around 60 Britons, including 35 children, are being held indefinitely in Syria, most of whom were captured in the final days of the war in 2019 and held indefinitely in camps such as al-Hawl.