{"id":5319,"date":"2026-01-16T17:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/16\/us-close-qatar-siliyah-camp-afghan-evacuees-september\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:31:50","slug":"us-close-qatar-siliyah-camp-afghan-evacuees-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/16\/us-close-qatar-siliyah-camp-afghan-evacuees-september\/","title":{"rendered":"US to Close Qatar&#8217;s Siliyah Camp Housing Afghan Evacuees by End of September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is set to close the Siliyah camp in Qatar, which serves as a temporary shelter for evacuated Afghans, by the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Mix, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, stated that this decision seriously hampers US efforts to rescue and resettle Afghans who have collaborated with the country.<\/p>\n<p>He described the move as &#8220;a betrayal of Afghan allies and a violation of America&#8217;s commitments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the Afghan evacuees emphasize that the US has a moral responsibility to rescue those who have assisted it, while opponents warn that the evacuation process could pose security risks.<\/p>\n<p>The Siliyah camp functions as an interim station where Afghans evacuated from their country are temporarily held and undergo security screenings before entering the US.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Afghan Evac organization, approximately 800 individuals still reside at the camp. These people have remained there since admissions were halted by the Trump administration last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US plans to close Qatar&#8217;s Siliyah camp housing Afghan evacuees by September, raising concerns over resettlement and security risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}