A Moroccan-Spanish security team arrived in Syria three days ago to conduct an on-site investigation, regarding the repatriation of Moroccan women held in the north of the country. The information was revealed, Thursday, by Mohamed Ben Aissa, head of Morocco's Northern Observatory for Human Rights (ONERDH). «The team arrived in the area controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and started interviewing Moroccan women, individually», he told Yabiladi on Thursday, 16th of August. «These interviews lasted for several hours, given the sensitive nature of the matter. Investigators have been following closely the journeys of these Moroccan women». Mohamed Ben Aissa Investigators are looking into the roles these women used to play when they were part of the «Islamic State». «These women also had to tell how they were able to escape ISIS», said Ben Aissa. For the human right activist, these women were relieved when they heard about the arrival of the team. «It seems that the crisis of these Moroccan women stranded in Syria is going to end soon», he concluded. For the record, the Observatory warned against the situation of 200 Moroccan women and their children, stranded in a refugee camp in northern Syria. These nationals had stated previously that Morocco has refused to repatriate them.
