(CNN) The United States has repatriated 11 US citizens, including five minors, as well as the sibling of one of those minors, from northeast Syria in what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the “largest single repatriation” of Americans from that region.
In a statement Tuesday, Blinken described it as a “complex repatriation and resettlement” that was “coordinated closely with our interagency partners.”
All of the repatriated citizens are part of one family and none are former ISIS fighters, a State Department official told CNN.
An American woman repatriated to the United States is facing criminal charges for training with ISIS abroad, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.
