(CTV) “Dear United Nations …”
The letter was written by hand on paper that was torn from a notebook. It’s dated October 16, 2019, from a detention camp in northern Syria. The writer is a Canadian, speaking for 10 women, all once married to ISIS fighters. The sky overhead is now crowded with fighter jets and drones.
“I wish this was a more professional-looking letter,” she writes, “properly typewritten on crisp paper.” She describes the location: “Inside a tent, from the extremely unstable and dangerous region of the current (Turkish) ‘peace corridor.’”
Bombings can be heard nearby. The shops in the camp are nearly empty, presumably because it’s too dangerous for the merchants to resupply their shelves. There are rumors the Kurdish forces guarding the camp are preparing to leave.
