Orphaned Daesh babies returned to Sudan from Libya

Eight orphaned children of Daesh fighters have been transferred from Libya to their relatives in Sudan, the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) confirmed on Sunday.

A representative of the Sudanese community in Misrata, Moataz Abbas, said that the children; four boys and four girls between the ages of 10 months and nine years, had been living with their parents who were fighting with the militant group, Daesh, in Libya since 2015.

According to SMC, the families became aware of the orphaned children after the Libyan Red Crescent informed the Sudanese Security and Intelligence Services. The parents of the children are believed to have been killed in fighting in the recapture of the town of Sirte in August 2016.

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SMC also confirmed that a four-month-old baby whose parents died fighting for Daesh in the city has already been handed over to relatives in Sudan.

Sudan’s interior ministry estimates between 100 to 140 Sudanese men and woman have joined Daesh including medical students who left Khartoum in March 2016.