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Kurds want an international court to try ISIS foreign fighters

cde.news desk 27 March 2019, 06:30 · 1 min read

epa04469160 An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga soldier rips off an IS sign while on patrol in the recently recaptured town of Zumar town, near Mosul city, northern Iraq, 29 October 2014. Kurdish troops on 25 October 2014 regained a major town from Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq after a massive counterattack, a Kurdish official said. The Peshmerga, the military forces of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, took control of Zumar and surrounding villages near the city of Mosul, about 450 kilometres north of Baghdad, the official said. EPA/STR

Kurdish Syrian fighters that defeated and removed ISIS fighter from their last strongholds called for an international tribunal to prosecute hundreds of foreigners rounded up in the nearly five-year campaign against the extremist group.

The administration affiliated with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said such a tribunal is needed “for justice to take its course,” particularly after countries have refused to bring home their detained nationals. The SDF has captured more than 1,000 foreign fighters, including many from Western countries.

Reacting to the proposal, Jim Jeffrey, U.S. special envoy for Syria and the anti-IS coalition, said this was not currently the priority whilst Germany’s Foreign Ministry said that setting up such a tribunal would raise many political and legal issues, which would require careful evaluation by the international community.

Via Time

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