Supreme Court asked to reconsider hearing case of Canadian men detained in Syria [Video]

In a rare move, lawyers representing four Canadian men held in prisons in northeastern Syria have asked Canada’s top court to reconsider its decision not to hear their claim that Canada has a duty to bring them home.

The detained Canadian men include Jack Letts, who ended up in Syria after becoming a devoted Muslim as a teenager and then going on holiday in Jordan.

They are among tens of thousands of Syrians and foreign nationals being held in the region by Kurdish-led forces at camps and prisons for ISIS suspects and their families. Kurdish-led forces reclaimed the region in 2019 from the extremist group.

Letts’s family received proof their son was alive this past summer after years of uncertainty. That same year, the Supreme Court of Canada chose not to hear the appeal of the four men.

The court says it considers such judgments to be final and won’t …