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Put ISIS fighters on trial in Iraq

By Tom Rogan

Published March 26, 2019 3:51pm ET

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Put ISIS fighters on trial in Iraq — An Islamic State militant flag lies in a tent encampment after U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters took control of Baghouz, Syria on Saturday, March 23, 2019. | (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

The Syrian Democratic Forces, a rebel collective that has fought alongside western special forces to retake ISIS-held territory in Syria, is detaining thousands of ISIS fighters. But they have a problem: few nations want to repatriate those fighters for trial.

So, the SDF are calling on the international community to establish a tribunal that would put detained ISIS fighters on trial.

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