Opinion: France must repatriate ′Islamic State′ sympathizers stranded in Syria | Opinion | DW
Opinion: France must repatriate 'Islamic State' sympathizers stranded in Syria Paris does not want them — the wives of 'Islamic State' fighters and their children languishing in Syrian jails. But refusing to allow them to return to France will ultimately backfire, says DW's Luisa von Richthofen. Children in Roj camp in northern Syria where thousands of 'IS' fighters and their relatives are detained French authorities are loathed to repatriate French women who left the country to join the so-called 'Islamic State' (IS) and are now stuck in Syrian jails. Since the defeat of 'IS' in 2014, 1...