US President Donald Trump's demand that European countries take back their nationals fighting in Syria is receiving mixed reactions, as nations pondered how to bring home-grown Islamic State extremists to trial. “It is certainly not as easy as they think in America,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters Monday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. On the contrary,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Other European countries have remained largely silent about the fate of men and women whom many see as a security threat. But Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, also part of an anti-migrant government, said “I would certainly be in favour” of Europe taking foreign fighters back.

Source: thestar February 18, 2019 10:14 UTC