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France repatriates 40 children and 15 mothers from Syria camps

The women and children were brought back to France from Kurd-controlled camps in Syria where they had been interned after the military collapse of the so-called Isalamic State group in the region, and follows a similar mission in July.

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The French government has announced it carried out a new operation to return French nationals - 40 children and 15 women - from Kurdish-run camps in north-east Syria, reports FRANCE 24

The children were handed over to the child care services and will have medical and social follow-ups, the foreign ministry said in a statement, while the women would be transferred to the judicial authorities.

"France expresses its thanks to local authorities... for their cooperation which has made this operation possible", the ministry added.

See more of this Reuters report, with video, published by FRANCE 24.