An extraordinary interview for the Times by Anthony Loyd with Shamima Begum, a British female migrant to Islamic State (Isis), sheds light on the many dilemmas now facing Western governments as the group’s territorial control collapses. Indeed, in Syria the group has now effectively lost control of all of its redoubts.
Although many of those who travelled to Isis died in Syria or Iraq, hundreds more like Begum have been caught and are now in the custody of the largely Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). No one is sure what to do next.
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