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US, Allies Split Over Fate of IS Foreign Fighters

Jeff Seldin

   STATE DEPARTMENT - The United States and other members of the coalition
   to defeat the Islamic State failed to reach consensus on what to do
   with captured foreign fighters, one of several issues threatening to
   reverse gains made against the terror group in Syria and Iraq.

   The lack of progress followed a nearly daylong meeting in Washington
   with just more than 30 of the coalition's 81 members, during which the
   U.S. vowed not to abandon its leadership of the fight against IS.

   Despite such pledges, however, U.S. diplomats were unable to persuade
   coalition allies to repatriate about 2,000 IS fighters who left their
   homes to join the self-declared caliphate.

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