{"id":46461,"date":"2018-02-13T18:15:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/13\/no-solution-on-captured-foreign-isis-fighters-but-mattis-seeks-responsibility\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:23:06","slug":"no-solution-on-captured-foreign-isis-fighters-but-mattis-seeks-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/02\/13\/no-solution-on-captured-foreign-isis-fighters-but-mattis-seeks-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"No solution on captured foreign ISIS fighters, but Mattis seeks \u2018responsibility\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2014 The U.S. wants foreign nations to \u201ctake responsibility\u201d for their citizens who were captured while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/02\/11\/future-of-captured-foreign-fighters-in-syria-unclear\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">fighting for the Islamic State group in Syria<\/a>, but will defer to those countries on how to handle the issue, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe important thing is that the countries of origin take responsibility for them. How they carry out that responsibility, there are a dozen different diplomatic legal or however ways,\u201d Mattis told reporters traveling with him in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not a lawyer, I\u2019m not an international law person. But I know one thing, which is they shouldn\u2019t be let back on the street,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cDoing nothing is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The topic was a major focus during a Tuesday meeting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/02\/07\/pro-assad-fighters-attack-us-backed-forces-coalition-advisers\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">counter-ISIS campaign<\/a> in Rome, but no solution appears to have been reached, with Mattis saying: \u201cRight now, we do not have that [issue] fully resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are hundreds of foreign nationals who joined ISIS only to be captured by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/02\/09\/for-us-in-syria-end-game-gets-murkier-as-isis-shrinks\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Syrian Democratic Forces<\/a> in Syria. The question of what to do with them has become increasingly important as the SDF holding facilities begin to fill up. However, some nations are reluctant to accept those fighters back into their home countries or are unprepared to deal with them through the traditional legal system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an international problem. It needs to be addressed,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cThere is not a one way forward for all detainees right now. Some nations have specific interests where they want to bring people in; some nations do not have any detainees there, but they are equally worried.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The secretary was noncommittal on whether sending detainees to Guantanamo Bay was an option under consideration, saying he didn\u2019t want to \u201cjump to offering solutions\u201d before things had been worked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not willing to say anything on that right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he repeatedly stressed that the country of origin for these fighters has a \u201cresponsibility\u201d for deciding what happens to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe most important thing is we figure out how we\u2019re going to deal with this so we can deal with it and we don\u2019t paralyze ourselves and say: \u2018Nothing we can do,\u2019 \u201c he 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