France repatriates the children of ISIS fighters from Syria

France has announced that it repatriated, Friday, five orphaned children of ISIS fighters from Syria, reports AFP quoting the French Foreign Ministry said.

«The decision was taken in view of the situation of these very young children, who are particularly vulnerable», said the French Ministry. The parents of these children are either dead or missing, said the same source.

France promised to provide medical and psychological assistance to these children, who are aged under five.

As for French nationals who left France to join ISIS, the Ministry said that «they have to be tried in the country where they committed crimes».

For the record, a petition launched earlier this week by two French lawyers and signed by several personalities had urged the French government to repatriate children.