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| Trump tells Europe to 'take back' 800 ISIS fighters or US 'will be forced to release them' | Trump tells Europe to 'take back' 800 ISIS fighters or US 'will be forced to release them' |
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| US President Donald Trump has urged European nations to repatriate and prosecute jihadists from their countries who were captured in Syria. Otherwise, he warned, the US could release the terrorists to "permeate Europe." | |
| "The Caliphate is ready to fall," Trump tweeted. "The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them..." | "The Caliphate is ready to fall," Trump tweeted. "The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them..." |
| Trump tweeted that the US "does not want to watch" Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) "permeate Europe," which he believes is likely to happen if withdrawing US forces let them go while "pulling back after 100% Caliphate victory." | |
| The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they are close to the "final defeat" of IS, having reduced their territory to a small final stronghold. Trump recently announced that he would pull US troops out of Syria, but has not yet set any deadlines. | |
| With that, American officials have reportedly warned European countries that they are running out of time to take back and put on trial jihadists who went from Europe to fight for IS. Some 800 of them have reportedly been captured by the US-backed forces. |