ISIS ‘brides’

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 ISIS has lost almost all of the territory it once controlled in Syria and Iraq. And now many who joined the militant group from the West are trying to go back home. That includes some of the women who are often referred to as “ISIS brides.” Marco Werman talks with Azadeh Moaveni of the International Crisis Group about the problem of where these women should go.

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