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Teenagers from ISIS families receiving treatment at the Al Hol camp in Syria

  Numerous youngsters have been living in a camp in northeastern Syria for at least four years, raising their families among ISIS fighters while being exposed to the violent ideology of the organization and having little to no possibility of receiving an education. The Kurdish officials who rule eastern and northern Syria are experimenting with a rehabilitation program aimed at removing youngsters from extremist ideas out of fear that a new generation of militants may emerge from Al Hol camp. It entails separating kids from their family for an unforeseen amount of time, a practice human rights organizations have expressed concern over. Even if they are found to be rehabilitated, their future is uncertain because their home nations are hesitant to accept them. Khaled Remo, co-chair of the office of law and reform affairs in the Kurdish-led government, warned that if the children remained in the camp, a new generation of extremists may emerge who might be even more fervent th...