Britain’s Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson says two captured Daesh militants from the United Kingdom should never be allowed to return to their country.
Williamson made the comments on Saturday in an interview with the Sun newspaper after Britain reportedly stripped El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Amon Kotey of their citizenship.
“I don’t think they should ever set foot in this country again,” Williamson told the newspaper. “They turned their back on Britain, our values and everything we stand for — they are the worst of the worst.”
The two British citizens were members of a Daesh kidnapping cell dubbed “The Beatles” which was notorious for videotaping beheadings. They were involved in the killing of detained Western hostages.
The men were captured in January in eastern Syria by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are supported by the US.
The two captured men were the last two remaining “Beatles” members who were still…