Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

The Country Bringing IS Children Home

The collapse of IS leaves many facing a dilemma over fighters' wives and children.

The collapse of the Islamic State group leaves many countries facing a dilemma over what to do with the fighters' wives and their children.

In Britain, the case of one young woman - Shamima Begum - has sparked fierce debate.

But, unnoticed by many, Russia has been bringing women and children out of Iraq and Syria since 2017.

It's a major issue for Moscow as it's thought some 4,000 extremists left Russia to join IS - most of them from the mainly Muslim North Caucasus.

Sarah Rainsford went to the southern Russian republic of Dagestan to meet some of them.

Release date:

3 minutes

Featured in...