American President Donald Trump sharply criticized the Europeans today because they refuse to receive their citizens who fought on the side of the Islamic State, which was defeated today.
"European countries are not helping at all, even though this is largely done for their benefit. They refuse to take prisoners who are their citizens," Trump wrote on Twitter.
"1800 ISIL prisoners have been captured in our final battles for the XNUMX percent destruction of the caliphate in Syria," Trump added.
Those prisoners are in camps run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which have been the main ally of the international coalition in the war against ISIL. The United States declared ISIL's territorial defeat this year after major battles in a war that began five years ago.
Kurdish officials have been warning for months that the camps are full of ISIL prisoners and that the conditions in them are dire, and that many of these people remain a threat because they do not give up their extreme views, writes Hina.
Britain and France continue to help the US and the SDF on the territory of Syria. Trump wants to reduce US military attention in Syria, but is having a hard time finding more allies willing to replace US troops when they withdraw.
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