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Isolated Among Extremists: Conditions Deteriorate for Children of Islamic
State

Heather Murdock

   AL-HOL CAMP, SYRIA - Small children usually flock to photographers as
   they snap pictures in refugee camps. They make silly faces, flash
   victory signs and jostle to be in the front of the shot.

   But nothing is usual about the children of Islamic State militants in
   Syria. At the Ain Issa camp, some children of foreign IS fighters shun
   the camera while others flash their middle fingers or pretend-shoot the
   cameraman as if their hands were guns.

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