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At least six UK children trapped in north-east Syria after fleeing the Islamic State

October 21, 2019 ISIL / Terrorist Threat Country: syria

At least 60 British children are trapped in north-east Syria after fleeing Daesh-held areas, a charity revealed today. Save the Children said many of these children are under the age of five and often live in squalid conditions in displacement camps.

Former British Foreign Secretary: We should bring home British orphaned children of ISIS in Syria

October 15, 2019 ISIL / Terrorist Threat Country: united kingdom

Jeremy Hunt, former Foreign Secretary, has said Britain should bring home three British orphaned children of Islamic State fighters stranded in Syria. The Government's official position on Isil suspects and their families detained in camps and prisons around northern Syria has[...]

Pakistan has dubious distinction of recruiting children in terrorist groups

October 11, 2019 Terrorist Threat Country: pakistan

India slammed Pakistan for "weaving fake narratives" about children living in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the country has a "dubious distinction" of "schooling" young children in violent extremist ideologies and recruiting them in terrorist groups.

Bosnia and Herzegovina nervously awaits Islamic State women and children’s return

October 4, 2019 ISIL / Terrorist Threat Country: bosnia and herzegovina

Senija Muhamedagic from Cazin in north-west Bosnia and Herzegovina is waiting for her daughter to finally come home. Two years ago, Muhamedagic’s daughter, a former acolyte of the so-called Islamic State, escaped from an area controlled by the Islamist militant group.[...]

Young boy at Syrian camp declaring he wants to join the Islamic State terrorist group

October 3, 2019 ISIL Country: syria

A young boy at a Syrian refugee camp told a visitor that he wants to join ISIS and announced that he hopes to kill 'infidels'. Talking cheerfully to a stranger, the boy revealed that he aspires to be an 'inghimasi' or[...]

Syrian Kurdish forces hand over two Islamic State-linked orphans to Austria

October 3, 2019 ISIL Country: syria

Syria’s Kurds on Wednesday handed over to Austria two orphaned toddlers linked to ISIS, an official said, in the first such repatriation to the European country. “Two orphan brothers were handed over today to a representative of the Austrian foreign ministry,”[...]

Three Nigerian children linked to ISIS handed over to Nigerian Government by the Kurdish authorities in Syria

September 10, 2019 ISIL Country: syria

Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have handed over three siblings linked with the Islamic State group to the Nigerian Government, AFP reports. Fanar Kaeet, a Kurdish foreign affairs official, said, “Three children were handed over to representatives of the Nigerian Government.”