Daesh-linked Sudan women return
Repatriation came after Libyan authorities found them in the coastal city of Sirte
Ten young Sudanese nationals linked to the terrorist Daesh group returned late Wednesday from neighbouring Libya, a Sudanese security official has said.
The returnees included seven women, two children and a man, Brigadier Al Tijani Ebrahim, an official in the Sudanese antiterrorism agency, said at a press conference.
They were flown home aboard a Turkish Airlines flight that arrived at Khartoum airport late Wednesday.
Ebrahim said that the returnees will attend ideological courses in order to determine the motives that prompted them to join the terrorist group.
The repatriation of the 10 people came in coordination with Libyan security authorities after they had been found in the coastal city of Sirte, a former Daesh stronghold in Libya, according to the official.
In 2015, the Sudanese Interior Ministry estimated that around 70 Sudanese citizens had joined Daesh in Libya and Syria, although the figure is believed to be far higher.
“The [antiterrorism] agency has received directives from the presidency to retrieve all Sudanese from battlefields in Syria and Libya,” Ebrahim said.
Two of the 10 returnees included twins Manar and Abrar Abdul Salam, who are believed to have left Khartoum in August 2015 aboard a flight heading to Istanbul via Sharjah.
Daesh terrorists have in recent months suffered military setbacks in Libya, Syria and Iraq where they once declared a self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate.