Burden of Daesh stigma weighs heavily on kin of Iraq's defeated militants
Iraqis with perceived links to Daesh face barriers to obtaining documentation or returning to their homes Aid agencies fear children and women left stranded in camps may become a permanent underclass Updated 04 May 2021 May 03, 2021 23:43 NINEVEH/IRBIL/BOGOTA: Since the collapse of Daesh’s so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, many Western nations have been reluctant to allow the families of fighters to return for legal, political and security reasons. But the issue is equally complicated in the two war-weary Arab countries that the “caliphate” straddled while it lasted. More than thr...
Source: arabnews.com