Germany takes back four Islamic State children from Syria
BERLIN: Germany has for the first time allowed children whose parents were suspected members of Islamic State to return to Germany from northern Syria and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said it will push for more such children to come to the country.
"We will push for more children to leave Syria," Maas said on Monday ."These are mostly young children ... they cannot be made responsible for the actions of their parents and we want to do something to help," he added. Around a third have returned to Germany, another third are believed to have died and the rest are believed to be still in Iraq and Syria.
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