Alabama woman who joined Islamic State says she still hopes to return to the U.S.
LA TimesHoda Muthana, who is from Alabama, ran away at age 20 to join Islamic State in Syria and had a child with one of its fighters. An Alabama woman who ran away from home at the age of 20, joined Islamic State in Syria and had a child with one of its fighters says she still hopes to return to the U.S., would serve prison time if necessary and would advocate against the extremists. Some 65,600 suspected Islamic State members and their families — Syrians and foreign citizens — are held in camps and prisons in northeastern Syria run by U.S.-allied Kurdish groups, according to a Human Rights Watch report released last month. Women accused of affiliation with Islamic State and their minor children are largely housed in the Hol and Roj camps, under what the rights group described as “life-threatening conditions.” The camp inmates include more than 37,400 foreigners, among them Europeans and North Americans. “Detention based solely on family ties amounts to collective punishment, a war crime.” Human Rights Watch said some 3,100 foreigners — mostly women and children — have been sent home over the last year.
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