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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hogir Al Abdo and Bassem Mroue

Syria's Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them

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The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria announced Saturday that hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them.

The statement by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria said it still calls for the creation of an international tribunal to put those fighters on trial. It called on the United Nations, international rights groups and local organizations to help facilitate the trials.

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