French ISIS Detainees Transferred from Syria to Iraq: A Costly Failure of Western Responsibility

Forty-seven French citizens suspected of affiliation with the Islamic State have recently been transferred from U.S.-backed Kurdish detention centers in northeast Syria to Iraqi custody for prosecution, according to Iraqi security officials. This development is symptomatic of a larger problem: Western nations, including France, continue to outsource justice for their own citizens rather than confronting the dangerous legacy of jihadist militants within their borders. Is Outsourcing Terrorism Trials Truly Serving Justice? The detainees were held in facilities managed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia allied with the United States, which currently oversees approximately 9,000 accused IS members....