France and Germany reject American demands to take over 800 Isil volunteers captured in the Middle East



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EEuropean countries led by France and Germany reacted coldly to Donald Trump's request to take over the captured citizens who were fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

Germany said it would be "extremely difficult" to repatriate the Isil volunteers, while France said bluntly that this would not meet the US president's request.

"The United States asks Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take over 800 ISIL fighters captured in Syria and try them," tweeted M Trump this weekend.

If the European governments did not react, he warned that the US and its Kurdish allies would free captured jihadists who could return to their country of origin …

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