Two Canadian women who had been living in ISIS-held territory with their children have surrendered to U.S.-backed forces in Syria, according to the head of a non-profit organization that urged them to turn themselves in. Bain, speaking on the phone from Fredericton, said the woman who contacted her said she was with a second Canadian woman who also has two children. Alexandra Bain of FAVE told CBC News that one of the mothers, who has two children, contacted her over the weekend from Baghuz. I guess she saw it as her final chance," Bain told CBC News by phone. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told CBC News this week he would not risk Canadian lives to bring foreign fighters or their families home.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2019 21:33 UTC