What to do with the remnants of Islamic State, whose fighters tortured and executed thousands of people during its zenith from 2014, is a thorny issue for countries whose citizens went to fight with the group. But more than a year later, 10,000 of its former members are now languishing in Kurdish jails. Europeans comprise a fifth of the roughly 10,000 Islamic State fighters held captive in Syria by Kurdish militias. Some were fighters, others said they were corralled into working for Islamic State as the movement won territory across Syria and Iraq. 'I worked with (Islamic State) as a civilian,' said Abdurrahman Mustafa al-Jomaa, a 32-year-old Syrian from Raqqa, who was being held at the central Hasaka jail.

Source: Daily Mail February 12, 2020 12:12 UTC