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Denmark Repatriates 11-Month-Old Boy Reportedly Orphaned in Syria

Harun Maruf

   The Danish government has repatriated an 11-month-old boy after his
   mother, who was linked to the Islamic State terrorist group, was killed
   in the Syria conflict.

   The child arrived in Copenhagen on Nov. 21 from Irbil in northern Iraq
   after a nearly nine-month effort by relatives and the Danish
   government, authorities say.

   They also say the child, identified as Bay T, was being held at the
   Al-Hol refugee camp in northern Syria since March of this year, when
   his mother died.

   Baby T's grandfather, who could not be named, told VOA Somali that the
   child was now being treated at a hospital for vomiting and diarrhea.

   "The boy has gone through a lot; he is a child without a mother,
   without a father, he needs a lot of assistance, and he is in a
   difficult condition."

   "He is the son of my late daughter," said the grandfather during a
   telephone interview.

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