Shards of IS Part 1: Forgotten children of Islamic State locked away in Syria

A female prisoner in al-Hol Camp, the largest prison camp in northeastern Syria, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

A female prisoner buys fruits in the market area of Roj Camp where most of the western women kept in northeastern Syria have been relocated to the last years, on Oct. 13, 2024 (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

Iraqi women from Tikrit say they want to go back to their country at any cost, but their government has refused them in al-Hol Camp, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

A young boy helps prepare food for the inmates of al-Houri Rehabilitation Center in Northeast Syria, where around 100 teenagers and young adults are kept away from their families, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

A young men from Trinidad and Tobago reads in his room in al-Houri Rehabilitation Center. He came to Syria in 2014 when his stepfather joined IS and has been kept in this center for more than five years, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

Women and children shop in the market area of Roj Camp in Northeast Syria, most are from Western countries on Oct. 13, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

A man eats in downtown Hasakah near the Panorama Prison, where most of the men accused of being IS fighters have been kept since 2019, Oct. 7, 2024. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

Soldiers belonging to the Kurdish-led military patrol the vicinity of Al-Hol camp, near the border area between Syria and Iraq, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Yan Boechat/VOA)

A young boy plays in a dried canal that crosses Roj Camp on Oct. 13, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

A man and two young boys bring food and drinks to be sold in the market area of al-Hol Camp, the largest prison camp in Northeast Syria, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

A detainee in Roj Camp watches shoppers in the market area of the detention facility in Northeast Syria, on Oct. 13, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)

Three women from Iraq keep their niqabs inside al-Hol Camp, the largest detention center for people accused of being part of IS in Northeast Syria, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Diego Baravelli/VOA)