As protests and unrest in Iraq escalate, Iraqi officials have shifted their stance toward receiving foreign Islamic State (IS) fighters from Syria. Officials fear Iraq can no longer detain and prosecute IS detainees in light of the current political and security situation.
Agnes Calamar, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, said Nov. 5 that IS foreign terrorists detained in Syria and Iraq should be sent to their countries and tried, because Damascus and Baghdad cannot provide adequate and fair conditions for their trials.
