Islamic State has an “army in waiting” in prisons and displacement camps across Iraq and Syria, the American military has warned in its annual report on the challenge the group still presents across the Middle East.
There are 20,000 Isis fighters and leaders in detention in Iraq and a further 10,000 in Syria, the US central command report said. On top of that, there are 25,000 children in camps like the al-Hawl facility in northeast Syria who are the “potential next generation of Isis”, it said.
“These children in the camp are prime targets for Isis radicalisation,” it said. “The international community must work together to remove these children from this environment by repatriating them to their countries or communities of origin while improving conditions in the camp.”
Nuke em.
