Theo Padnos, an American journalist, was captured in Syria by the formerly al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra in 2012. He tells the Guardian’s Owen Jones about his time in captivity, the physical and psychological torture he endured and his eventual release. Padnos says he believes western military intervention in Syria would only fuel support for groups like al-Nusra and Isis, and puts his views about Donald Trump in power



An extended version of this video is available on Owen Jones’s YouTube channel