This is the largest single repatriation of US citizens from the region to date.

The operation involved US agencies, Kuwait, and pro-US Kurdish fighters.

The group included 8 children, and there were also Canadian, Dutch, and Finnish citizens among them.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged other countries to repatriate their citizens to address the humanitarian and security crisis in the displaced persons camps and detention facilities in northeast Syria.

The US has urged European countries to bring back citizens who joined the Daesh group and their families.

While most have complied, the process has been slow, particularly in countries with a history of jihadist attacks like France and Britain.

The New York Times reported that an American woman and her nine children, including an American citizen, were among those repatriated.

A man seeking to return to the US with his two sons, one a non-citizen, was also reportedly trying to do so.

Repatriations are controversial in the US, with the Trump administration previously denying citizenship to a young woman seeking to return.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) played a key role in defeating the Daesh group with US support five years ago.

However, the SDF now holds over 56,000 detainees suspected of links to Daesh.

Kurdish authorities have requested foreign governments to repatriate their citizens, but Western governments have been hesitant due to potential domestic backlash.