A British suspected Islamic State fighter has been caught by the UK’s partner forces in Syria.

Mohammed Anwar Miah, 40, from Sparkhill, Birmingham, was filmed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) being detained near the town of Hajin in Deir Ezzor province, eastern Syria.

Appearing blindfolded and handcuffed in the footage, which was released on Saturday, he tells his captors that he left the UK for Syria in 2014 and had been living in the so-called caliphate for the last four years.

He claims to be a trained pharmacist who has been working in a hospital.

“I’m a doctor,” he said when asked when he joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). “The area was controlled by Daesh - I can’t do anything about that. But I came to work with the people,” he said, using the derogatory Arabic acronym for the group.