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In Depth: with Syrian prisons overflowing, US and Britain debate what to do with foreign fighters

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Iraqi government troops celebrate a victory over Isis fighters in Mosul in 2017 
(Image credit: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

The US has called on allied nations to do more to help deal with the growing number of foreign fighters being held by the West-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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