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Return of Iraqis seen as easing threat from Syria camp

by Lolita C. Baldor
| May 25, 2021 12:06 AM

SHADDADI, Syria (AP) — The Iraqi government is expected to bring home about 100 Iraqi families from a sprawling camp in Syria next week, a first-time move that U.S. officials see as a hopeful sign in a long-frustrated effort to repatriate thousands from a site known as a breeding ground for young insurgents.

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