Syria Kurds hand over 12 French orphans from Daesh families: Official - GulfToday

Syrian Kurds hand over 12 French orphans from Daesh families

  • 10 Jun 2019
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Syrian pro-regime forces hold a position in the village of Al-Jadidah during clashes with extremist in Syria's Hama governorate on Sunday. George Ourfalian/ AFP

The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria has handed over 12 French orphans born to extremist families to a French government delegation, an official said on Monday.

Kurdish officials handed over “12 orphaned French children from Daesh families to a delegation from the French ministry of foreign affairs,” top foreign affairs official Abdulkarim Omar said in a statement.

Agence France-Presse

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