Children gather outside their tents, at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the ISIS group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021. 

Children caught in ISIS fighting in Syria

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Children gather outside their tents, at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the ISIS group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021. 

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ISIS fighters have carried out deadly, sophisticated attacks on a prison in northeast Syria since last Thursday. The prison holds hundreds of ISIS members, among them children who were brought to the caliphate by their parents. And, Jan. 26 is officially Australia Day, but to Indigenous communities, it’s Invasion Day. In 1972, an Indigenous demonstration in front of the Canberra Parliament building became a major turning point for Indigenous rights in Australia. Plus, Olavo de Carvalho, a self-proclaimed philosopher whose ideas helped fuel a far-right resurgence in Brazil, has died of COVID-19.

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