In Syria camp, uncertain future for foreign IS orphans

Ain Issa: Sitting in a wheelchair beside a metal fence in a camp in northern  Syria , nine-year-old Ruqaya Mohammad raises a scarf over her face to hide from journalists.
The Egyptian girl lost her left eye, her legs and both her parents during battles against the Islamic State group in their last  Syria  redoubt in March.
She now lives in a large tent along with 23 other orphaned children of foreign IS fighters in a camp for the displaced in Ain Issa, under the care of older camp residents.
Aged 18 months to 13-years-old, the children were born to parents from Russia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Tajikistan, Egypt and Iraq.
“Among the children, Ruqaya moves me the most,” said Sara al-Abdullah, a 37-year-old who helps look after the orphans.
“She always looks withdrawn, shy, and sad,” said the widowed mother of three, one of nine women residents of the Ain Issa camp paid a small fee to help look after the children.