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Accused Syrian IS Fighters Starting to Face Justice

Jeff Seldin

   Parts of Syria freed from the clutches of Islamic State are starting to
   hold some members of the terror group accountable for their crimes.

   While most of the world's attention has been focused on the
   approximately 2,000 foreign IS fighters currently in the custody of the
   U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), another 8,000 suspected IS
   fighters from Syria and Iraq are also behind bars.

   U.S. officials estimate about half of those 8,000 prisoners are from
   Syria. And now, it seems, at least some of them are being brought to
   justice.

   "The SDF continues to work with local community leaders and local
   judicial processes to help address issues of ISIS accountability," a
   State Department official told VOA, using another acronym for the
   terror organization.

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