WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH 800 DETAINED JIHADISTS?

LONDON — Britain and its European allies are running out of time to take back their jihadists captured in Syria to prevent a surge in terror attacks on home soil, senior U.S. officials have warned.

With the Islamic State (ISIS) on the brink of collapse, Trump administration officials say they fear many of the 800 detained soldiers will wreak havoc unless European governments put them on trial.

The rare rebuke by the United States of its coalition partners in the fight against ISIS came as the British government showed further signs of division on how to handle stranded foreign fighters and their family members.

Justice Secretary David Gauke said Saturday that Britain could be powerless to stop Shamima Begum, the 19-year-old ISIS bride from London, from returning home, saying that “we can’t make people stateless.”

That clashed with the stance of Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who insisted earlier last week he would “not hesitate” to prevent the return of anyone who supported terrorist organizations abroad.

With coalition forces preparing to declare victory over IS and America’s troop withdrawal from Syria imminent, there is intense concern in Washington that “time is running out” to bring the terror group’s fighters to justice.