Karen Nettleton hopes to bring the orphaned children home.
By Adam Taylor Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow April 15 at 10:08 AM The fate of children raised by foreign fighters in the Islamic State has become an international issue following the collapse of the group’s caliphate over the past year.
“I’m pretty sure I’m dreaming,” 16-year-old Hoda said, according to footage aired on Monday, captured by an Australian television crew with ABC-TV’s Four Corners.After five years, Karen Nettleton holds her grandchildren once more. #4Corners pic.twitter.com/8BlXtTZyDt Tara Nettleton is believed to have died in Syria before 2016 because of complications with appendicitis, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Khaled Sharrouf is also believed to have died in a U.S. airstrike in 2017, along with his two oldest children.
“Where there are Australians who are caught up in this situation, particularly as innocent children, then we will do what I think Australians would expect us to do on their behalf,” Morrison told reporters.
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