Fifth convoy of displaced people from Serêkaniyê, Tel Tamr and Zirgan returned to their areas 

This morning, the fifth convoy of displaced people residing in the Serêkaniyê(Al-Tala’i) camp set off towards their areas, after years of displacement and suffering in the camps.

The convoy included 381 families, before 4 more families were added to it, bringing the total number of participating families to 385, heading to the rural areas of the city of Serêkaniyê, Tel Tamr, and Zirgan/Abu Rasin, in the presence of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Security Forces, Mahmoud Khalil, the Deputy Governor of Hasakah, Ahmed al-Hilali, and the Serêkaniyê Displaced Persons Committee.

In a statement made before the convoy departed, Ahmed al-Hilali referred to the fifth convoy heading to its areas in the countryside of the city of Serêkaniyê, praising the efforts of the Internal Security Forces, in addition to the evacuation of government buildings in the area.

Al-Hilali pointed out that "the issue of displaced persons is important to us, and we are working to return all displaced persons to their areas."

In the same context, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Security Forces in the province, Mahmoud Khalil, confirmed that the fifth convoy is heading to 75 villages in the countryside of the city of Serêkaniyê .

Khalil said: "We will work to return another batch during the week, if we can, towards the countryside. In return, 50 families from the city of Hasakah who are living in Serêkaniyê will return to Hasakah today."

The number of families who returned via the five convoys reached 2,510 families to the city's rural areas, while more than 12,000 displaced families are still waiting to return to their homes safely.

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ANHA