Trump Says Europe Must Take ISIS Prisoners or They’ll Be Freed
- About 800 Islamic State prisoners held by Kurdish forces
- Status of prisoners is uncertain if U.S. withdraws from Syria
Photographer: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump demanded that European nations take back their citizens who joined Islamic State and were captured by U.S.-allied forces in Syria and Iraq, warning the prisoners would otherwise be released.
“Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing,” Trump said in a subsequent tweet, adding that the U.S. is “pulling back” once it can claim a “100% Caliphate victory.”