Turkey is repatriating almost 200 children of suspected Islamic State militants jailed in Iraq following Tuesday’s meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih in Istanbul.
Why it matters: While the war against the Islamic State in Iraq is largely over, tens of thousands of militants are crowding Iraqi prisons, overwhelming authorities. The fate of their children is under particularly close scrutiny by the international community. The number of so-called “Islamic State children” held in Iraq is estimated to be 1,500, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report.
