The United States urged other countries on Monday to bring home hundreds of Islamic State sympathizers captured in Syria, a delicate issue for allies as Washington withdraws troops. <br />''<br />''<br />''After allies grappled for weeks on what to do with the extremists left in Syria, the United States came down clearly on the side of repatriation.<br />'' <br />''The United States said that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which played a major role in crushing the Islamic State terrorist group and has warned that it may not be able to guard its jails once US troops leave. <br />''   <br />''In a statement, US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said, the United States calls upon other nations to repatriate and prosecute their citizens detained by the SDF.<br />''<br />''<br />''US President Donald Trump on December 19 stunned Western allies by announcing that the United States will pull its 2,000 troops out of Syria, declaring that the ISIS had been defeated.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">France last week opened the door to bringing back its citizens, after earlier insisting that the captured terrorists should be prosecuted locally. The French foreign ministry said, its goal was to avoid the escape and scattering of these potentially dangerous individuals. </span><br />