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The Moscow Times: Iraq returns 27 Russian children home from Islamic State

Published Feb. 22, 2018 at 5:05 pm

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, on October 17, 2016.

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The Iraqi government has returned 27 Russian children and four women suspected of terrorist ties to their homeland.

Around 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State (IS) fighters have reportedly been held in Iraq since U.S.-backed forces recaptured the city of Mosul last year. Most of them hailed from Turkey, while many others came from Russia and former Soviet republics, the Reuters news agency reported last year.