Inside a detention camp for women and children linked to ISIS
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power.
The last time there was a power vacuum in the country, ISIS was born.
Around 7,000 Islamic State group detainees held in prisons in Syria are being transferred to Iraq in an operation overseen by the US.
But will the instability in the region affect that transfer and allow the organisation to regroup?
Niall's joined by Sky's international correspondent Alex Rossi who has seen first-hand the conditions in those camps.
Producers: Charlie Duffield, Tom Gillespie & Emily Hulme
Editor: Mike Bovill
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:08.5 | Coming up, Sky News takes you inside the Islamic State detention camps in Syria. |
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| 0:44.7 | Babe, it's Gem. Just voice noting you because I'm so busy. I can't even type right now. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm working on that big presentation for my new launch. I'm making it on Canva |
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| 1:13.8 | Love you. |
| 1:16.9 | Have you spent much time thinking about Syria recently? |
| 1:20.7 | No, me neither. |
| 1:22.4 | But perhaps we all should. |
| 1:23.8 | You drive through the gates and you're just surrounded by kids. |
| 1:27.1 | You start throwing stones at you, making throat slitting signs at you. |
| 1:31.3 | We're talking about kids, six to 14. |
| 1:33.7 | Sky News has been inside an Islamic State detention camp in the northeast of the country. |
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