MESOPOTMIA NEWS SPECIAL : How Did A British Man From London Wind Up In Chataev’s IS Brigade in Manbij?

Good question, I don’t have an answer.

In April 2019, a BBC journalist managed (most likely by paying $$$) to gain access to British Islamic State militants held captive by the SDF in Hassakah following the siege of Baghuz. Since then other journalists have visited the prison suggesting that it is very easy to obtain interviews, assuming that the price is right (before you call me cynical, I am just being realistic.)

One of the British men in the prison is Zakariyya Elogbani, alias Abu Omar and nicknamed Abu Mumkin, a British male who for some reason I have not been able to fathom was with Katiba Badr, Ahmad Chataev’s IS brigade based in Manbij from about mid 2014.

Katiba Badr was almost entirely made up of Chechen and Ingush militants most of whom came from Europe.

However, there were a couple of anomalies in the brigade—including a Danish male, Lukas Dam (alias Abu Ismail Denmark) and Abu Omar alias the topic of this post, Zakariya Elogbani.