By Hussein al-Amir
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi authorities have shut a refugee camp in the northern Kirkuk province after their return to their areas, according to a local official on Saturday.
“Some 402 refugees in the Nizrawa camp have been moved to their areas liberated from Daesh terrorist group in Hawija district, ” Sattar Nawruz, an official in the Immigration Ministry, said in a statement.
He said most refugees in other camps in Kirkuk will return to their original areas in the coming days.
In October 2017, Iraqi forces announced it liberated Hawija from Daesh — along with four neighboring towns.
In December 2017, officials in Baghdad declared that Daesh's military presence in Iraq had been all but dismantled following operations backed by the U.S.-led International Alliance.
However, from time to time, Iraqi officials announce operations against Daesh-affiliated “sleeper cells ” in certain parts of the country.
