Report: American ISIS member surrenders in Iraq
Report: American ISIS member surrenders in Iraq
An American fighting for the Islamic State was taken into custody in northern Iraq after he left territory controlled by the militant group, according to two Kurdish officers, one of whom arrested him. The officers said it appeared the man was intending to escape both Islamic State and Kurdish forces but handed himself in after peshmerga fighters opened fire on him. The fighter did not have a passport but was carrying an American driver's license with the name Khweis Mohammed Jamal on it and spoke English and broken Arabic, according to General Hashim Sitei, who spoke to him.
He said the situation with ISIS is not good.
The fighter was unarmed but carrying three mobile phones and said his father was Palestinian and his mother from the Mosul area in Iraq, according to both officers. Captain Daham Khalaf, one of the officers, said he also had a bank card and cash in Iraqi, Turkish and U.S. currencies. The State Department said it was aware of the situation but could not immediately confirm the account provided by the peshmerga.
We are in touch with Iraqi and Kurdish authorities to determine the veracity of the report.
Jeff Davis, Pentagon spokesman