US renews pressure on Europe over ‘IS fighters’

Bloomberg

The US will keep pressing its European allies to take back citizens caught fighting for IS in Syria if they’re released, National Security Adviser John Bolton said.
The fate of the estimated 800 to 1,000 captives taken by Kurdish militias in northeastern Syria has been a sore point since President Donald Trump tweeted in February that the UK, France, Germany and other European countries should “take back over 800 IS fighters” or “we will be forced to release them.”
Asked on CBS’s “Face the Nation” whether the US would put captured fighters on trial, Bolton said, “It’s a possibility, but we’re not eager to simply pick up that responsibility. We think that others have the responsibility, too, and that’s the approach we’re taking.”
The US is seeking to conclude a deal on the region’s status partly so the captives could remain imprisoned in northeastern Syria “for the foreseeable future,” Bolton said.