[AFP]Over WhatsApp from Tunisia, Taheyya has watched her grandchildren grow up in Syria, where her son joined a jihadist group. Like others AFP spoke to, she preferred not to provide her surname for fear of reprisals against the children. Like Taheyya, dozens of other families are trying to repatriate at least 140 Tunisian children stuck in conflict zones, where their parents are suspected of joining jihadist groups.The Observatory of Rights and Freedoms of Tunis, which is in contact with the families, counts 104 children in Syria, almost all of them in camps. People there were taken to the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp, now home to thousands of IS wives and their children. She was killed in bombing in 2019, leaving two children, aged four and seven, in a displacement camp.

Source: Standard Digital July 12, 2020 04:07 UTC