NEAR BAGHOUZ (SYRIA) - They were born in a "state" that no longer exists, most to fathers who are dead and mothers whose countries don't want them back. There are infants as young as three months old, their ceaseless, hungry wails synching into a single howl. But somehow, even as the "caliphate" was dying, babies were still being born. Her father, just as young, has been rounded up by the SDF and placed into another truck with dozens of men. In the nearby health clinic, veiled women lay their haggard toddlers on a table for a doctor with worn-out eyes to examine.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2019 10:41 UTC