I spoke to "ISIS matchmaker" Tooba Gondal from the safehouse she was being held in by SNA rebels 20 miles south of Tal Abyad. She detailed how she managed to escape Ain Issa camp over the weekend and how she's now trying to get to Turkey 1/ telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/1…
She said she wasn't told who was keeping her and the other women at the safehouse, but pictures she sent my showed masked fighters holding an Ahrar al-Sharqiya flag (the militia accused of executing civilians on the highway out of Tal Abyad) 2/ 
I think this is the first first-hand account of how the hundreds of ISIS women escaped from the camp. This is what she claims happened 3/
The rebel group is now trying to extort money out of the women's families in return for their release. What they are telling the women is that they are free to leave any time but the road to the Turkish border is closed so they have to stay at the safehouse for now 4/
Since this was published overnight, Tooba has left a frantic voice message on What'sApp saying she, her two children, and the other women were being loaded into vans and she didn't know where they were being taken. Her family is very worried 5/
I hear rumours Turkey might be setting up new camps for these escaped ISIS women and their children in the buffer zone. Erdogan had promised he would put them all through "deradicalisation programmes", but the situation right now is pretty fluid 6/ telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/1…
Trying to confirm whether Tooba Gondal and Lisa Smith are among these women. I haven't hear anything from Tooba since her frantic Whats'App voice note saying she was being moved last night 7/
