Iraqi General: Palestinian-American Member of IS Surrenders
Source: New York Times
IRBIL, Iraq — A Palestinian-American member of the Islamic State group on Monday gave himself up to an Iraqi Kurdish military unit in the country's north, an Iraqi Kurdish general said.
The circumstances of the surrender were not fully disclosed but it marked a rare instance in which an IS fighter voluntarily gave himself up to Iraqi or Kurdish forces in Iraq. In neighboring Syria, meanwhile, Syrian Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State, have told The Associated Press that they are seeing an increase in the number of IS members surrendering following recent territorial losses.
Maj. Gen. Feisal Helkani of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces, which are playing a key role along with the Iraqi military in battling the extremist IS group, identified the individual who surrendered as Mohammed Jamal Amin.
Helkani said the man is a Palestinian-American who has been fighting with IS in Iraq and who surrendered on Monday morning near the town of Sinjar, which was retaken by Iraqi forces from IS militants late last year.
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