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Teen’s testimony reflects plight of children held in jails for IS group fighters

FRANCE 24's terrorism expert Wassim Nasr explains how an Australian teen's audio testimony reflects the plight of children held in prisons for Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Syria. © France 24 screengrab

A massive operation by the Islamic State (IS) group to free thousands of the terror group’s fighters from a prison in northern Syria is over, more than six days after the attack plunged the facility and surrounding neighbourhoods into chaos. But new revelations have emerged about hundreds of children who were jailed at the facility. FRANCE 24's terrorism specialist Wassim Nasr explains in this exclusive report.

US-backed Kurdish-led forces eventually repelled the IS group assault on the Ghwayran jail in the Syrian city of Hasakeh, but the audio testimony of a teenage prisoner sheds light on the plight of children who were held at the jail.

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