The rescue of eight offspring of Islamic State fighters from a refugee camp in Syria has apparently resulted in threats being made against the Australian women and children who remain there.
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IS loyalists, angered by the removal of the eight, have accused the Australians in remaining the al-Hawl camp of being traitors, The Australian reports on Thursday.
"Since the extraction, the risks for the 50 or so children and women who remain in the camps may have heightened,'' Save The Children international policy director Matt Tinkler told the newspaper.
"Reports from the camp are that those remaining are being threatened and intimidated."
IS is still active in the camp and have threatened to burn them in their beds.
"We need to keep in mind that this is still a war zone and it's absolutely no place for a child,'' Mr Tinkler said.
"All children who have lived under ISIS control have experienced horrific events -- violence, depravation and bombardment. Now they languish in a dangerous camp in northeast Syria, sick, malnourished and traumatised."
On Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed the eight had been extracted from the camp, among them the offspring of notorious jihadist Khaled Sharrouf.
Heavily-pregnant Zaynab, 18, has given birth. In the group are her two daughters, her brother Humzeh, 8, and sister Hoda, 16.
The others are three children aged six to 12, the orphans of IS fighter Yasin Rizvic and his wife, Fauzia Khamal Bacha.
Australian Associated Press
