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US defence secretary: EU must repatriate ISIS fighters
By EUobserver
European countries that avoid repatriating ISIS fighters and put them on trial in their country of origin threaten the regional security in Syria, warned the US defence secretary Mark Esper. Thousands of ISIS fighters, many from Europe, are held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in north-east Syria. EU nationals are mostly from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and Sweden, according to a research.