British IS members in Syria should be allowed home, says Trump’s counter-terror pick

Sebastian Gorka, the nominee for senior director for counterterrorism, suggested countries that want to be a ‘serious ally’ to the US would take back their Islamic State members. Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters

British nationals being held in Syrian prison camps for fighting on behalf of Islamic State should be allowed to return to the UK, Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism chief has said.

Any country that wants to be a “serious ally” to the United States should commit to the international fight against the extremist group by repatriating its citizens, according to Sebastian Gorka.