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A child sits in a bus during the handover of orphaned children whose parents were suspected of belonging to ISIS to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. The children, aged between three and 14, were taken into the care of the delegation headed by Anna Kouznetsova, the Russian president's envoy for children's rights. AFP
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Kurdish authorities in north-east Syria on Sunday handed 34 orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters to a Russian delegation for repatriation. The children, aged between three and 14 years, were moved from the headquarters of the department for foreign affairs of the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in Qamishli. AFP
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Children leave a building in Qamishli, north-east Syria, during the repatriation of orphans of suspected ISIS fighters by Syrian Kurdish officials. The children were taken into the care of a Russian delegation. AFP
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Holding hands, the orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters are given into the care of a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. AFP
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Children prepare to board a bus during the handover of orphans of suspected ISIS fighters to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. Thirty-four children were to be repatriated. AFP
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A child looks through the window of a bus at security officers during the handover of 34 orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters by Syrian Kurdish officials to a Russian delegation in the city of Qamishli, north-east Syria. AFP
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Children find themselves in the spotlight as they sit inside a bus during the handover of orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. AFP
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Thirty-four children, the orphans of suspected ISIS fighters, were handed to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, Syria, on Sunday. AFP
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A child sits in a bus during the handover of orphaned children whose parents were suspected of belonging to ISIS to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. The children, aged between three and 14, were taken into the care of the delegation headed by Anna Kouznetsova, the Russian president's envoy for children's rights. AFP
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Kurdish authorities in north-east Syria on Sunday handed 34 orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters to a Russian delegation for repatriation. The children, aged between three and 14 years, were moved from the headquarters of the department for foreign affairs of the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in Qamishli. AFP
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Children leave a building in Qamishli, north-east Syria, during the repatriation of orphans of suspected ISIS fighters by Syrian Kurdish officials. The children were taken into the care of a Russian delegation. AFP
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Holding hands, the orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters are given into the care of a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. AFP
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Children prepare to board a bus during the handover of orphans of suspected ISIS fighters to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. Thirty-four children were to be repatriated. AFP
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A child looks through the window of a bus at security officers during the handover of 34 orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters by Syrian Kurdish officials to a Russian delegation in the city of Qamishli, north-east Syria. AFP
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Children find themselves in the spotlight as they sit inside a bus during the handover of orphaned children of suspected ISIS fighters to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. AFP
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Thirty-four children, the orphans of suspected ISIS fighters, were handed to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, Syria, on Sunday. AFP
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A child sits in a bus during the handover of orphaned children whose parents were suspected of belonging to ISIS to a Russian delegation by Syrian Kurdish officials in Qamishli, north-east Syria. The children, aged between three and 14, were taken into the care of the delegation headed by Anna Kouznetsova, the Russian president's envoy for children's rights. AFP
Syria hands over orphaned ISIS children to Russia
Moscow has also been repatriating children abandoned in Iraq since the collapse of ISIS
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