A Tajik man who joined Islamic State said many foreigners who enlisted in its se...
RMEILAN, Syria - A Tajik man who joined Islamic State said many foreigners who enlisted in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria were jailed or killed for trying to leave.
SDF officials monitored and recorded a Reuters interview with the man, Abdul Ahad Rustam Nazarov, at an SDF center in Rmeilan in Syria. Reuters could not verify his account. “I was jailed three times for trying to leave,” Nazarov said. “I wanted to come and see Islamic State for myself ... and to help those being oppressed by the Syrian government.Nazarov said most foreign men who traveled to Syria were immediately taken to Mosul in Iraq for military training.
Thousands of men from Central Asian are estimated to have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State since 2014, when it declared its caliphate. Abdul Ahad Rustam Nazarov, 28, a Tajik man who joined Islamic State, is pictured during an interview with Reuters, in the town of Rmeilan, Hasaka province, Syria April 2, 2019. Picture taken April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
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