Summary
BRUSSELS:The United States stepped up its push Monday for European countries to repatriate and put on trial their citizens who fought for Daesh (ISIS), launching talks with officials in Brussels.
Days after the U.S. and European allies clashed over the fate of thousands of militants jailed in Syria, the State Department's counterterrorism coordinator Nathan Sales arrived in Brussels to press Washington's argument that returning fighters to their home countries is the most effective way to deal with them.
There is no EU-wide policy on foreign fighters, with each of the 28 member states deciding for themselves how to handle the issue, balancing legal obligations towards its citizens against the danger posed by bringing hardcore Daesh militants back home.
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