Woman returned from Syria prison camp on terrorism charge released from Brampton court

A 29-year-old woman who was returned to Canada after years in a Syrian prison camp has been granted a release from a Brampton court after being charged with a terrorism-related offence.

Ammara Amjad was one of four Canadian women and 10 children flown to Montreal in April after being held for years at the al-Roj prison camp in Syria.

She was ordered released pending terrorism peace bond applications under conditions that could not be detailed due to publication bans, but the RCMP says Amjad was arrested in Milton on Oct. 5 for her alleged participation in the activities of a terrorist group.

RCMP say the charge was laid against Amjad following an investigation by the Mounties’ Integrated National Security Enforcement Team.

The accused appeared in Brampton provincial court for a bail hearing and has been released subject to conditions. Her next court date is set for Nov. 17.

The al-Roj prison camp is one of two displaced persons camps in the region controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

Detainees are mostly women and children who were rounded up after the fall of the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2019, and some are relatives of suspected ISIS fighters.

With files from The Canadian Press