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Monday, February 4, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 4, 2019
US-backed Syrian fighters capture German IS jihadist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS-backed Syrian fighters say they have captured three foreign members of the Islamic State group, including a German jihadi.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announce in a statement they had detained a German citizen, who has adopted a jihadi alias, on February 1.
The SDF says it also detained a Saudi Arabian and an Egyptian.
The SDF has captured, with US military support, wide areas in eastern Syria from the Islamic State group.
The Kurdish-led force is holding more than 700 non-Syrian IS fighters from more than 40 countries. Few of them have been returned to their home nations.
— AP
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