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Thousands of women and children associated with foreign IS fighters are now in limbo following the defeat of the ‘caliphate’. Tse Yin Lee and Matilda Welin are part of a BBC Monitoring team who have been researching why these women joined IS and what happens to them now.

Image: wives and members of IS under the supervision of a female fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces
Credit: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images