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Vanessa Frazier, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, advocated for the release of children held for their or their family members’ alleged association with Da’esh.
She said, “Many remain in detention across northeastern Syria. These children should be treated primarily as victims, released from detention and handed over to child protection actors for the purpose of family reunification and reintegration. I am extremely concerned that over 150 children as well as an undetermined number of children who have turned 18 while in detention, were transferred to Iraq from Syria among adult detainees between January and February 2026.”
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