Paris, France, April 10, 2026 (AFP) - Former IS child 'fighters' were war victims, say French lawyers

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Three Frenchmen held in Iraq, forced to work for the Islamic State group as children, are seeking repatriation on the grounds they were victims of war, their lawyers said Friday. International humanitarian law prohibits the recruitment and use of children in hostilities. The men -- taken to Syria by their jihadist parents aged 11 or 12 then made to take part in propaganda videos, fight or join IS police -- have filed legal documents in France cla......

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