ISIL fighters are now stuck in limbo, unwanted by their home countries and unlikely to receive a trial by the SDF [File: Rodi Said/Reuters]
Zaheena Rasheed & Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera: Burden of victory: What should happen to European ISIL prisoners?
Fate of more than 1,000 European ISIL prisoners, detained by Kurdish forces in northern Syria, hangs in the balance.
In a tiny sliver of land along the Euphrates River in northern Syria, about 300 battle-hardened ISIL fighters are making a last stand, with just a "few days" remaining for the group's total military defeat, according to US-backed Kurdish forces battling the fighters.
But US President Donald Trump - even while hailing an impending "100 percent victory" - has issued a threat that, if executed, could help the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group rise once again.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 19, 2019
ISIS fighters had thousands of children. So what happens to them now? -- Saphora Smith, NBC
Sunni Jihad Is Going Local -- Hassan Hassan, The Atlantic
What’s next in Syria? Here are 10 takeaways. -- Tara Copp, Military Times
Iran’s regional ambitions set to suffer -- Dnyanesh Kamat, Asia Times
Violence breeds more violence in Kashmir -- Ather Zia, Al Jazeera
Pakistan unlikely to act against terror group -- Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Asia Times
This Is How the Kashmir Terrorist Attack Could Start a Major War -- Mohammed Ayoob, National Interest
Singapore defense minister: Cost of conflict in South China Sea 'too high' -- Shamil Shams, DW
Now Is Not the Time for a Referendum on Taiwanese Independence -- J.Michael Cole, National Interest
Vietnam opens up about past clashes with China -- Doan Xuan Loc, Asia Times
Resurgent Russia: Myth and reality -- Dimitar Bechev, Al Jazeera
'There is no free press': Freedom of speech in Mexico -- Courtney Tenz, DW
Trump might have a solid case for emergency declaration, analysts say -- Tom McCarthy, The Guardian
China watchers in US debate ‘strategic competitor’ label Donald Trump has pinned on Beijing -- Robert Delaney, SCMP
How Chinese Theft Becomes a Global Menace -- Gordon G. Chang, American Conservative
Never mind Huawei: US is already winning the 5G race, Cisco report claims -- SCMP/Washington Post
2 comments:
what to do with the ISIS prisoners? Simple. Execute them all. The world will be a safer place. But...sadly, the West lacks the will to do this, which is why ISIS and Islam will smother the world in another 100 years.
They will be brought back to Europe, where they will be given benefits and a place in a "deradicalization program" which probably consists in yoga and mindfulness classes.
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