Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Wednesday that members of the
Islamic State group held in the country will stand trial in local courts specialized in terrorism cases.
![Assad: IS members in Syrian Kurds jails to stand local trial](https://media.zenfs.com/en/ap.org/75350e95dd29350c7393e9e12ca52e63)
Assad made his comments in an interview with
Paris Match when asked about a deal with a Kurdish-led force that would eventually bring their areas under government control.
The Kurdish-led Syrian
Democratic Forces, who defeated IS in March with the help of the U.S.-led coalition, are holding more than 10,000 militants, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, including some 2,000 foreigners.