France Will Take Back 130 ISIS Fighters, BFM Reports
- Government won’t confirm number but says looking at options
- Minister says any returnees will be imprisoned and judged
A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel on the southern outskirts of Mosul.
Photographer: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
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About 130 French citizens who fought in the ranks of the Islamic State will be returned to France by their Syrian captors, BFM TV reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.
The men are being held in northeast Syria by Kurdish forces who don’t wish to keep them, especially now that their U.S. backers are withdrawing from the country.