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How do you find a missing child in one of the most dangerous places on earth?

From BBC Sounds, BBC Asian Network & CBC. Syria. 2018. ISIS is on the brink of defeat. A boy is lost in the chaos. In London his grandad needs answers. Poonam Taneja investigates.

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From BBC Sounds, BBC Asian Network and CBC. Syria. 2018. ISIS is on the brink of defeat. Two-year-old Salmaan disappears amid the bombardment. In London, his grandfather desperately searches for answers. After the war against the Islamic State was won, what became of the children of its fighters? There are thousands of kids like Salmaan, with roots in Canada, the UK, the US and beyond - they were taken to IS or born there. Now they are trapped there without a way back home. Investigative reporter Poonam Taneja has covered the terror group for a decade and now embarks on a dangerous journey to find out what happened to Salmaan and all the kids like him, left behind in the Syrian desert. And she speaks to the grandparents trying to get them home.

Bloodlines: Series 1: 2. Race Against Time

2. Race Against Time

Series 1

BBC Sounds - Bloodlines, Series 1, 2. Race Against Time

Bombs fall and Poonam’s plans are thrown into disarray.

Bombs fall and Poonam’s plans fall apart. Can she get into the camps?

Bombs drop as Poonam enters Syria, blocking access to the areas she needs to get to. If things get worse, the troops guarding IS prisons say they will be forced to abandon their positions. The team makes contact with Salmaan’s Canadian family, learning what they believe happened to him and his mother. Poonam and her team see up close the dangers still facing children here.

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