A British pharmacist has been captured in Syria on suspicion of fighting for ISIS.
Mohammed Anwar Miah, 40, was captured last month near Hajin close to the Iraq border and is believed to be held by US special forces in northern Syria.
In a video released on social media, the blindfolded man with a British accent said he was from the central English city of Birmingham and claimed to have been in Syria for just less than four years.
He is filmed sitting in the back of a pick-up with his hands apparently tied behind his back. “I’m a doctor,” he said when asked if he worked for ISIS. “I’m a qualified pharmacist from the UK. I studied medicine and pharmacy.
“I’ve been working in the hospitals since I came.
“The areas that I worked in were controlled by Daesh… I can’t do anything about that. All my work was with the public.”
The Times newspaper identified Mr Miah as one of two pharmacists struck off after a disciplinary hearing in 2014 concluded that they had “carelessly” dispensed methadone, falsified records and threatened unqualified staff with the sack.