The Libyan Red Crescent said the delegation would return with the children aged 3 and 12 years old. The children whose names have not been revealed, have been under care in the Libyan city for three years. Several other children of different nationalities, offspring of ISIS fighters killed in Sirte, the hometown of former country strongman Muammar Gaddafi, are held in Libya. NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, accused Tunisian officials of “dragging their feet” on efforts to repatriate children of Daesh members, the French news agency says. Tunisia, according to a UN 2015 report, was the main source of foreign fighters in the ranks of the terror group.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 24, 2020 12:45 UTC