Advocates fear for women and children in Syrian camps following death of Yusuf Zahab
2 years, 5 months ago

Advocates fear for women and children in Syrian camps following death of Yusuf Zahab

ABC  

Advocates for women and children stuck in Syrian detention camps say they have grave concerns two young boys could be taken off their mothers and sent to an adult prison "any day". Key points: Yusuf Zahab is believed to have been killed in a Syrian jail There are fears for other women and children detained Kurdish authorities in charge of the detention camps generally move boys to adult prisons once they hit puberty Their fears have been heightened by the news a 17-year-old boy from south-west Sydney has died, following an attack on the prison he was detained in earlier this year. The Kurdish authorities in charge of the detention camps housing women and children left behind by Islamic State, generally remove boys as they hit puberty and put them into adult prisons. Family friend and spokesperson Kamalle Dabboussy, whose daughter Mariam and three grandchildren are in one of the detention camps, said they fear two more boys may soon be taken from their mothers.

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To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail
4 months, 1 week ago

To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail

Al Jazeera  

From beatings, to illness and hunger, freed Palestinian minors say abuse rampant in Israeli jails after October 7. “This number, especially compared to previous periods, is very high,” said Amani Sarahneh, spokesperson for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. “A Palestinian child will likely experience every abuse tactic you can think of,” she said, adding that Israeli forces have used them on …

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria
9 months, 4 weeks ago

UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters of various nationalities are suffering abuse in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn country’s northwest, a U.N.-backed commission said Monday. “These children were already victimized during ISIL’s rule, only to be …

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families
2 years, 2 months ago

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

Associated Press  

RAQQA, Syria — A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh have failed …

17 Australian women, children return from Syrian camp
2 years, 2 months ago

17 Australian women, children return from Syrian camp

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Four women and their 13 children who were held in a Syrian camp since the Islamic State group fell in 2019 have become only the second group of Australians to be repatriated from the war-torn country, Australia’s government said Saturday, as political opponents warned the families pose a domestic security risk. In confirming the latest group’s arrival …

Syria's Kurds Repatriate Nearly 150 IS-Related Tajikistan Women, Children
2 years, 5 months ago

Syria's Kurds Repatriate Nearly 150 IS-Related Tajikistan Women, Children

News 18  

Syria’s semi-autonomous Kurdish administration handed Tajikistan 146 women and children related to Islamic State group jihadists, a Kurdish official said Monday, in the first such repatriation to the ex-Soviet state. Thousands of foreign extremists joined IS as fighters, often bringing their wives and children to live in the “caliphate” declared by the group across swathes of Iraq and Syria in …

Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prison
2 years, 11 months ago

Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prison

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Hundreds of boys are missing from a Syrian Kurdish prison that held members of the Islamic State group and their families, after the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces fought IS militants for 10 days to retake the facility, an international human rights group said Friday. President Joe Biden said al-Qurayshi had been responsible for the Syria prison assault, as well …

Australian teenager begs for help from inside Syrian prison at centre of dramatic battle between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters
2 years, 11 months ago

Australian teenager begs for help from inside Syrian prison at centre of dramatic battle between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters

ABC  

A 17-year-old Australian inside a Syrian prison at the centre of intense fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish-led forces has sent his family audio recordings in which he begs for help. Key points: The 17-year-old has reportedly been in Syria since 2015 It is believed he was taken there by his parents to live in Islamic State's so-called caliphate …

Trapped and traumatised: Thousands of foreign children languish in Syrian camps with no hope of going home
3 years ago

Trapped and traumatised: Thousands of foreign children languish in Syrian camps with no hope of going home

The Independent  

The sun rises and the boys at the al-Houri deradicalisation centre and orphanage in northeast Syria move listlessly through yet another day of chores, in what is effectively a prison. “It’s simple, countries need to take their children home.” In February 2021, Unicef estimated there were more than 22,000 foreign children of at least 60 nationalities languishing in camps and …

Children ‘wasting away’ in dangerous Syrian camps, NGO says
3 years, 3 months ago

Children ‘wasting away’ in dangerous Syrian camps, NGO says

Al Jazeera  

Save the Children slams foreign governments for failing to repatriate their citizens from refugee camps in northeast Syria, where children face a host of threats. Beirut, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of children are “wasting away” amid widespread violence and threats in two refugee camps in northeast Syria, Save the Children says, and it is “more urgent than ever” that …

Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp

Associated Press  

QAMISHLI, Syria — The Kurdish-led administration in Syria’s northeast handed over on Saturday to the Netherlands a Dutch woman, her two young sons, and a Dutch girl, who lived in a camp for families of alleged Islamic State militants. It was the second time Dutch nationals have been repatriated from camps in northeast Syria, where thousands of foreigners and Iraqis …

In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology
3 years, 7 months ago

In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology

Associated Press  

AL-HOL, Syria — At the sprawling al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, children pass their days roaming the dirt roads, playing with mock swords and black banners in imitation of Islamic State group militants. I will blow you up with a grenade.” Another child slid his hand across his neck and said, “With the knife, God willing.” At a market inside …

UN: Bring home kids from Syria with possible extremist links
3 years, 10 months ago

UN: Bring home kids from Syria with possible extremist links

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. counter-terrorism chief on Wednesday urged the repatriation of tens of thousands of women and children suspected of links to the Islamic State extremist group, warning that many are being radicalized in deteriorating detention camps in Syria and Iraq. He said Biden is committed to working with the international coalition that the U.S. established in 2014 …

Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Mothers Face Wrenching Choice: Abandon Kids Or Never Go Home
5 years, 8 months ago

Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Mothers Face Wrenching Choice: Abandon Kids Or Never Go Home

NPR  

Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Mothers Face Wrenching Choice: Abandon Kids Or Never Go Home Enlarge this image toggle caption Jane Arraf/NPR Jane Arraf/NPR It's the night before a group of Yazidi women and children freed from ISIS in Syria cross the border home to Iraq. Enlarge this image toggle caption Jane Arraf/NPR Jane Arraf/NPR "All the mothers cry because they …

These innocent American children were taken to Syria by their Isis sympathiser mother — now it's time to bring them home
5 years, 10 months ago

These innocent American children were taken to Syria by their Isis sympathiser mother — now it's time to bring them home

The Independent  

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