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UN Concerned about Fate of 100 Children after ISIS Attack on Ghwayran Prison in Syria

Men allegedly affiliated with the ISIS group sit on the floor in a prison in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasaka on Oct. 26, 2019. (Getty Images)

United Nations human rights experts expressed on Friday profound concerns for the physical, mental, educational and overall medical welfare of children arbitrarily held in detention centers in northeast Syria, as well as those children who appear to be missing and unaccounted for.

“We are extremely concerned that since the January 2022 attack, the fate and whereabouts of at least 100 of those boys remain unaccounted for, which raises serious concerns relating to their right to life,” the experts said.

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