U.S.-backed forces in Syria handed over some 280 Iraqi and foreign suspected ISIS members last month, Iraq's military said. Salih's remarks were the first public comments confirming that foreign ISIS fighters could face execution in Iraq. "There are certain cases in which some of these foreign fighters have been implicated in cases of terrorism on Iraqi soil or against Iraqi citizens. But the government has also said that it does not expect to have to deal with all ISIS fighters transferred from Syria. Watch Should Ottawa repatriate Canadian ISIS members:Jessica Davis and Amarnath Amarasingam on the logistics of the U.S. call for countries to repatriate foreign fighters and prosecute them at home.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2019 00:00 UTC