Nearly six years after the official defeat of Islamic State, more than 55,000 individuals connected to the terrorist group remain in prisons, detention camps, or rehabilitation centers in northeastern Syria. Most are children, caught with their mothers after the final battles with IS. For VOA, Yan Boechat and Diego Baravelli traveled to northeastern Syria.
Shards of IS Part 1: Forgotten children of Islamic State locked away in Syria
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A young men from Trinidad and Tobago reads in his room in al-Houri Rehabilitation Center. He came to Syria in 2014 when his stepfather joined IS and has been kept in this center for more than five years, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)
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Women and children shop in the market area of Roj Camp in Northeast Syria, most are from Western countries on Oct. 13, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)
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A man eats in downtown Hasakah near the Panorama Prison, where most of the men accused of being IS fighters have been kept since 2019, Oct. 7, 2024. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
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Soldiers belonging to the Kurdish-led military patrol the vicinity of Al-Hol camp, near the border area between Syria and Iraq, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
