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Turkey Infiltrates Syrian Displaced Persons Camp, Frees Moldovan Mother

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - Officials with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
   are expressing dismay after Turkish intelligence agents infiltrated a
   displaced persons camp to smuggle out a Moldovan woman and her four
   children.

   The officialsFriday confirmedtheTurkish-engineeredescape, first
   reported by Turkish media, with one source sayingafter an initial
   investigation that it appeared the family managed to sneak out by
   hiding in a modified water truck.

   But they said it was unclear why such an operation was necessary.

   "The global coalition asked the countries to get their
   citizensback[with]no response. Moldovadid not ask for this
   woman,"SinamMohamad, the U.S. representative of the Syrian Democratic
   Council (SDC), the SDF's political wing, told VOA.

   "I don't know why Moldova did not ask to repatriate," she added.

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