U.S. expects every country to take back foreign fighters: Pompeo

The United States expects every country will work to take back their citizens who fought for Islamic State in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday during a visit to Britain. Earlier this year Britain removed the citizenship of a teenager who traveled to join Islamic State. Asked during a news conference with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt whether he was frustrated by Britain's reluctance to take back its foreign fighters, Pompeo said: "We have an expectation that every country will work to take back their foreign fighters and continue to hold those foreign fighters, we think that is essential." U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Britain, France and Germany to take back more than 800 captured Islamic State fighters and put them on trial.

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