A pregnant Alberta woman who moved to Syria with her ISIS-supporting husband and their two young boys says she wants to return to Canada.
The woman, whose first name is Amy, is one of four Canadian ISIS brides who spoke to CTV News from inside the Kurdish-run Al-Hawl refugee camp in eastern Syria.
Amy, who is 34, told CTV's London Bureau Chief Paul Workman the story of how she ended up in such a dangerous situation. It all started when she married a Muslim man and converted to Islam.
鈥淗e started learning about the religion more and he just felt like it wasn鈥檛 suitable for us to stay in Canada anymore,鈥� she said.
鈥淎t first, it鈥檚 terrifying,鈥� she added. 鈥淚t鈥檚 absolutely terrifying when you鈥檙e just walking on the street and you hear a plane coming. You just freeze.鈥�
Amy and her family were constantly on the run inside Syria as the terrorist group attempted to establish a caliphate.
After Amy鈥檚 husband was killed, she married a Bosnian man. He was killed about three months later. She is pregnant with his child.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 regret this,鈥� she said.
鈥淚 want to be able to raise him or her in a safe environment,鈥� she added.
Before ending up at Al-Hawl, talking about going home was not an option. 鈥淚f you do hear about it ... it鈥檚 trouble,鈥� she said.
鈥淚 think I should be allowed to go home,鈥� Amy added. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 believe I did anything wrong. I didn鈥檛 kill nobody. I didn鈥檛 do any harm to anybody.鈥�
鈥淚 want to be with my family,鈥� she went on. 鈥淚 want my kids to go to school and get a proper education.鈥�
The non-profit group is lobbying for the return for Canadians who travelled to Syria. It says there are at least 27 currently detained and more than half are children under the age of five.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale that repatriating foreign fighters and their families is not a priority.
