DAMASCUS, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will hand over 15 Russian nationals, who are families of Islamic State (IS) militants, to the Russian government within the next few hours, a war monitor reported Sunday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Russians were captured during the SDF operations against the IS in the eastern Euphrates River region.
People of several foreign nationalities, including French and British citizens, were among the IS family members who surrendered to the SDF in eastern Syria.
The SDF, with the help of the U.S.-led coalition, succeeded in dislodgeing the IS from its last redoubt in eastern Syria last month.
Thousands of people, mainly IS militants and their families, have surrendered to the SDF and been taken to the al-Hol camp in the Kurdish-controlled part of Hasakah Province in northeastern Syria.
