2014 and brought to syria by his parents his stepfather was a friend of the islamist militants mohamed merah he was shot dead by french police after he murdered 7 people including children at a jewish school. french authorities last all trace of the propaganda video is the last time he was seen alive. videos of this kind of designed by islamic state to search in the west by raising the specter of a new generation of merciless functors. recruited and trained by the jihadist group these children say western intelligence agencies pose a serious danger. even after the caliph its defeat in the field tens of thousands of us fighters remain in iraq internment camps. they include some 5000 children and teenagers among them several 100 who came from europe. most were recruited to the islamic state by their own parents. parts of northern iraq semi autonomous kurdish region were among the longest held i-s. territories this is all that remains of cinderella. the city was once the center of the years edis an ethnic minority targeted by ass and a campaign of ethnic cleansing. kurdish troops recaptured sen