Transfer of children, oldest of whom is 10, took place in Ain Issa on Sunday, says official The Kurdish administration in north-eastern Syria has handed over 12 orphans born to French jihadists to a government delegation from France, an official has said. The children, the oldest of whom is 10, had been living in camps alongside tens of thousands of people who fled the recent fighting against Islamic State. Kurdish officials transferred “12 orphaned French children from Isis families to a delegation from the French ministry of foreign affairs”, said Abdulkarim Omar, a senior official. He said the transfer took place in the town of Ain Issa on Sunday and that two orphaned Dutch children were also handed over to a government delegation from the Netherlands. France has one of the largest contingents of fighters who were captured or surrendered along with their families in the final stages of the US-backed Kurdish assault on Isis. The group’s self-declared caliph...
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