Fearful and fenced in: foreign children of IS face indefinite stay in Iraq

The children ran along the narrow enclosure, screaming, fighting and crying for the attention of the prison worker distributing sweets and balloons. Bug-bitten toddlers, too small to walk, clung to the sides of the chain link fence, staring blankly.


from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2J5zkw7

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