19:52, 10 October 2017

Four children from Chechnya and Dagestan brought to Baghdad shelter

Woman with children, Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Three brothers of Chechen origin were found in the city of Tall Afar, and a two-year-old boy from Dagestan was found in the city of Mosul, the RT (Russia Today) has reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has informed that Russian authorities are engaged in returning children from the Middle East, who had been brought to Syria and Iraq by their parents, who allegedly joined terrorists.

The children found in the warfare area in the Middle East have relatives in Dagestan and Chechnya, although they have not been contacted yet, the RT has reported today.

The brothers Abdulla, Khamza and Abdul-Malik have an aunt living in Chechnya; and the two-year-old Zaid has relatives in Dagestan, the RT reports citing the 16-year-old Aisha, the girl who takes care about the boys in the orphanage. She learned about the boys’ origin from the Red Cross employees. The youngest of the three brothers is three years old, the oldest is six.

So far, the authorities of Chechnya and Dagestan have not commented on the information about the above children found in Iraq.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.