{"id":62044,"date":"2020-02-14T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T08:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=62044"},"modified":"2020-02-14T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T08:12:22","slug":"brussels-seeks-to-bring-home-children-of-belgian-militants-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=62044","title":{"rendered":"Brussels seeks to bring home children of Belgian militants in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aawsat.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_img_top\/public\/2020\/02\/12\/b9721768584z.1_20191130104359_000gqnf137ho.1-0.jpg?itok=k2SoKnTN\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Philippe Goffin\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Belgium is working to bring home all children of Belgian militants\u00a0held in refugee camps in Syria, providing their mothers&#8217; consent, Foreign Minister Philippe Goffin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, 42 children in two camps in northeastern Syria have been identified as those of Belgian militants, according to aides of Belgian Foreign Minister Philippe Goffin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brussels first wants the Kurds, who control the camps, to know that it wants to take back all children of Belgian nationality, said Goffin, who also holds Belgium&#8217;s defence portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, mothers must agree,&#8221; said Goffin, speaking on the sidelines of meetings at the United Nations, where his country chairs the Security Council in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goffin visited a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, which he said are nothing like the &#8220;appalling&#8221; condition of the camps in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But what I have seen in Jordan is already unbearable. I am told that what is happening in Syria is not comparable, and that it is much more serious,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such repatriation, Goffin said, is allowed under international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ideal solution &#8220;is to bring the children to the Iraqi-Syrian border. Let&#8217;s see what can be done,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister, however, declined to set a timetable, and said an operation could be organised with other countries in a similar situation such as France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgium has identified 42 children of Belgian militants in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty children and 13 mothers were counted in the Al-Hol camp, and 12 children and 10 mothers in the Al-Roj camp, Goffin&#8217;s aides said. Both camps are located in north-eastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least four of the mothers, however, have begun legal procedures through the Belgian legal system to stop being separated from their children. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Philippe Goffin UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Belgium is working to bring home all children of Belgian militants\u00a0held in refugee camps in Syria, providing their mothers&#8217; consent, Foreign Minister Philippe Goffin said. So far, 42 children in two camps in northeastern Syria have been identified as those of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62044"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}