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Autonomous administration in Syria to put Isis fighters on trial after international snub
A soldier from the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ) [Kurdishstruggle/Creative Commons]

ROJAVA is set to put foreign jihadists on trial amid inaction from international governments, the Kurdish-majority administration in north-east Syria said today.

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria  — commonly known as Rojava — said yesterday that it would press ahead with the prosecutions through its own justice system after its demands for repatriation of Isis fighters were ignored.

But external affairs spokesman Fenner al-Kait warned: “This is an international crisis and an international solution must be found.”

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