Fatima finds it hard to convince people outside the detention camp that her grandchildren are not responsible for what their parents and grandfather did, and that they do not pose a danger to anyone. Having lived in camps for over three years, most ISIS families still do not know what future lies ahead.
The war was over in Mosul, but other battles were still unfolding. The returnees to the old Iraqi city are still dealing with poverty and disease, and with unidentified bodies buried under the rubble of demolished and mined buildings. Their recovery has become a daily occurrence, no longer newsworthy.
Iraqi security experts assert that eliminating Abu-Bakr al-Baghdady is crucial in the war on Isis. There are fears that the last reemergence of al-Baghdady may signal an attempt to regroup his forces.
