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Two British ISIS extremists who were notorious members of "The Beatles" beheading gang with executioner Jihadi John have been caught in Syria, according to US officials.

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were said to be detained last month by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The New York Times reported SDF troops suspected the pair were foreign fighters and handed them over to American forces, who identified them using fingerprints and other biometric measurements.

The case was first revealed by the newspaper yesterday citing US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

A senior US official said the men have provided "valuable information" to interrogators about the current ISIS leadership and structure.

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The pair were members of a bloodthirsty beheading gang along with Mohammed Emwazi, known as 'Jihadi John' and Aine Davis.

The brutal terrorists are believed to be responsible for decapitating more than 27 hostages, US officials say.

Dubbed "The Beatles" because of their distinctive British accents, Kotey, 34, and Elsheikh, 29, were the final two at large.

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Former child refugee Elsheikh was a mechanic from White City in west London, and Alexanda Kotey was from Paddington.

In March last year, Elsheikh was designated a global terrorist by the US State Department after he travelled Syria to join al-Qa'ida before becoming part of ISIS.

The terrorist was said to have "earned a reputation for waterboarding, mock executions, and crucifixions while serving as an ISIS jailer".

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In January 2017, US authorities named Kotey as a member of the cell and said they had imposed sanctions on him.

The State Department said Kotey "likely engaged in the group’s executions and exceptionally cruel torture methods, including electronic shock and waterboarding."

US officials added Kotey also acted as an ISIS "recruiter" responsible for encouraging British nationals to join the terror group.

Emwazi, who was killed in a US air strike in 2015, appeared in a number of videos in which captives including British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning were beheaded.

It was revealed Emwazi was spoken to at least three times by British security agents who even allegedly tried to recruit the university graduate before he joined the terror group in war-torn Syria.

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The son of a taxi driver called Jasem, Emwazi was born in Kuwait but move to England aged six and lived in Little Venice, west London.

He fled his home in London in 2012 while on a security watch list – and turned into a cold-blooded killer.

Emwazi was believed to have been radicalised by hate preacher Bilal al-Berjawi and was stopped from going on a planned safari in Tanzania following his ­graduation from the University of Westminster in 2009 with a degree in computer sciences.

He told friends he was then deported from Africa to Amsterdam where an MI5 officer accused him of trying to reach Somalia.

Emwazi described the incident as the “ordeal that completely changed my life”.

He then decided to move back to Kuwait where he had a job and bride-to-be waiting – but was prevented from ­travelling by UK spooks.

The fact that he later managed to slip out of Britain and flee to Syria sparked alarm among MI5 chiefs.

The fourth member, Davis, was convicted of being a member of a terrorist organisation and jailed for seven-and-a-half years at a court in Silivri, Turkey, in May last year.