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A man who says he is Canadian has been captured during a clash in Syria and accused of fighting for the Islamic State, according to Kurdish forces in the area.

A 41-second video interview with a quiet spoken, bearded, dark-skinned man in seemingly good health was distributed Sunday by various Kurdish political and media outlets, saying he was captured in Deir al-Zour, part the remaining territory in Syria held by the Islamic State, also known as ISIL and ISIS.

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Under questioning from an unseen interrogator, the man says his name is Mohammad Abdullah Mohammad and that he entered Syria through Turkey at the Idlib border.

“I am originally from Ethiopia and I came from Canada,” he says on the video, according to a translation prepared for the National Post.

He names the Kurdish commander who caught him, at the encouragement of his interrogator.

“And you were in the trench?”

“Yes,” he answers.

“You got out and you had a clash with our guys,” he is asked.