Thirty boys and girls whose parents were killed or jailed fighting for ISIS have returned from Iraq to Russia. An official at Iraq's Justice Ministry said the children's fathers were ISIS members and were killed fighting for the terror group. Kuznetsova's office said it had identified 123 Russian children in Iraq who required resettlement, and 699 Russian children across the region who had been 'brought to the Middle East by their parents' and could also return to Russia. Approximately 5,000 Russians were believed to have flocked to the Islamic State group during its heyday earlier this decade. At its peak it held territory spanning most of northern Syria and Iraq, and claimed responsibility for terror attacks across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Source: Daily Mail December 30, 2018 21:11 UTC