Kurdish leaders say poverty 'biggest threat,' driving Syrians into arms of IS - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Dec 27, 2021

Children are pictured in the northern city of Raqqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, on Dec. 19, 2021. — Children are pictured behind the windshield of a truck with an inscription in Arabic that reads "God is the light of the heavens and earth" in the northern city of Raqqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, on Dec. 19, 2021. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces overran the city in 2017 after years of what residents described as the Islamic State's brutal rule, which included public beheading and crucifixions. — DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

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