British woman and three children linked to IS in Syria handed to UK delegation

Kurdish forces patrol al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group in Hasakeh province, Syria (Baderkhan Ahmad/AP)

A British woman and three children linked to the militant so-called Islamic State group in Syria were handed over to a UK delegation that visited the region this week, Syrian Kurdish-led authorities said on Friday.

The handover, which took place on Wednesday, is the latest in a push to repatriate people from al-Hol and Roj camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands, mostly wives and children of Islamic State (IS) militants but also supporters of the extremist group.