What is clear is that with limited military reach in Syria, European nations are ever more vulnerable to Erdogan’s whims. Turkish officials say that Turkey now holds 2,280 Islamic State members from 30 countries, and that all of them will be deported. On Friday, Turkey deported an American it described as an Islamic State member, Muhammad Darwish Bassam, to the United States. France, the Western European nation with the most detainees in Syria, is getting ready to take back 11 former Islamic State members. But disagreements between Iraqi and European officials — over legal matters like the death penalty and costs — have prevented an accord.

Source: bd News24 November 18, 2019 02:03 UTC