American ISIS fighter captured by Kurdish forces in Sinjar
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A source in the Peshmerga forces announced on Monday, that the Kurdish forces were able to arrest one of ISIS members in the district of Sinjar, on his way back to Turkey.
The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “The Peshmerga forces arrested an ISIS member who seems to be a citizen of the United Stated,” adding that, “The detainee was identified as 27-year-old Muhammad Jamal Amin from the US state of Virginia.”
The source added, “The arrested ISIS fighter was intending to escape to Turkey but handed himself over to the Kurdish forces after they opened fire on him near the frontline in Golat village,” indicating that, “The arrested man had mistaken Peshmerga territory for the Turkish border.”