Iraqi Kurds plan special court to try suspected Islamic State fighters

Kurdish parliament legislation could lead to trial of Isis suspects detained across Middle East and beyond

Iraqi Kurdish officials plan to establish a special criminal court to prosecute accused Islamic State (Isis) members in a move that could lead to senior members of the terror group being brought to Iraq to face trial.

Legislation introduced to the Kurdish parliament on Wednesday has raised the possibility that suspects detained in the years since the extremist group's collapse could be transferred to a court in the northern city to Erbil to be prosecuted with international backing.