After ISIS Killed Her Sons, Iraqi Grandmother Fends for 22 Children

After ISIS Killed Her Sons, Iraqi Grandmother Fends for 22 Children
An Iraqi woman Sana Ibrahim al-Taee, 64, whose five sons were killed by ISIS terrorists, play with her grandchildren at her home in Mosul, Iraq July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
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MOSUL, Iraq—Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after the ISIS terrorist group killed their fathers—her sons—a struggle in a cramped flat with little help from the state.

Al-Taee and her husband, who has Alzheimer’s, share their four-room apartment in eastern Mosul with the children, aged between two and 16, their daughter and two of their sons’ widows. Rent, food, clothes, and schooling depend on donations and charity handouts.