Security and Intelligence Service successfully completed the repatriation operation of a Moldovan citizen with her family from the Syrian conflict zone.
The Moldovan woman and her four children, detained since 2019 in the “Al Hawl” camp due to military clashes in Syria, were welcomed at Chişinău International Airport by Igor DODON, President of the Republic of Moldova, Esra ŞEN, Chargée d’Affaires ad-interim of the Turkish Embassy in Chisinau, and Alexandr ESAULENCO, Director of the Security and Intelligence Service.
The repatriated person lived and worked in Chisinau with her Syrian husband until 2013, when they decided to move permanently to province of Aleppo (Syria). Following the military actions in Syria, at the end of 2017, her husband was killed. Therefore, in January 2019, the Moldovan national together with her four children ended up in the “Al Hawl” camp.
The successful repatriation operation was possible due to the joint actions of intelligence services of the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Turkey.
We reiterate that, due to the coordinated efforts and the exchange of information with external partners, the institution carries out repatriation operations for families, citizens of the Republic of Moldova, that ended up in difficult circumstances because of the high risk of terrorism.