Iraq hands over children of ISIS members to Turkey

Iraq has handed over 188 Turkish children of suspected ISIS members (the terrorist group banned in Russia) to Turkey in the presence of government officials from both countries and UNICEF, a judiciary spokesman said.

“The central investigations court which is responsible for the terrorism file and foreign suspects has handed the Turkish side 188 children left behind by ISIS terrorists in Iraq,” Judge Abdul Sattar Birqdar said.

He noted that the figure included “a small percentage” who had “come of age” and had been convicted with illegally crossing the border and served out their sentences, Reuters reported.