The British jihadists who could be freed from Syrian camps
Dozens of Isis fighters, brides and children from Britain are still living in the squalid camps and prisons of northeast Syria.
The rebels’ successful march on Damascus has led experts to warn of the security risk to the UK if the remaining adult Britons escape or are freed in the resulting chaos.
Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, said the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime risked a “serious spike” from the threat of “a very large number” of newly freed Isis prisoners. Experts have also warned that the conditions in the prisons and camps of Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria make them a breeding ground for radicalisation.
