Widows of Maldivian fighters in Syria want to return
Six families have contacted the counter-terrorism centre.
21 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
Widows of Maldivian jihadis who left to fight in Syria and Iraq are seeking to return to the Maldives, the National Counter-Terrorism Center revealed Wednesday.
Brigadier Zakariyya Mansoor said at a press briefing that six families have contacted the center but there were many difficulties in bringing back the women and their children.
“I am talking about families that are calling us after becoming stranded and helpless when the husband dies,” the NCTC director general said.
The biggest challenge was the lack of identification documents for their children born out of the Maldives, Mansoor explained.
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