Orphaned children of Daesh fighters face diplomatic limbo

There's no way of knowing just how many children have been fathered by Daesh fighters in Iraq and Libya. The issue is further complicated by laws in those countries that dictate citizenship can only be obtained through the father.

Displaced Iraqi children queue up to be checked by a medical team during a visit to the Al Agha camp where Iraqi families from the nearby villages of Tal Afar, southwest of Mosul, are taking shelter.
TRT World and Agencies

Displaced Iraqi children queue up to be checked by a medical team during a visit to the Al Agha camp where Iraqi families from the nearby villages of Tal Afar, southwest of Mosul, are taking shelter.

Hundreds of children fathered by foreign Daesh militants are in a diplomatic limbo.

In some cases, they have no country to call home. One orphan is even being held in a Libyan prison.

There's no way of knowing just how many children have been born to Daesh fighters in Iraq and Libya.

The issue is further complicated by laws in those countries that dictate citizenship can only be obtained through the father.

TRT World's Chelsea Carter has the story.

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