A JIHADI branded "the voice of ISIS" after narrating the death cult's propaganda in English has been captured by Kurdish forces, it has been reported.

The prisoner, who speaks with a Canadian accent, is believed to have recorded a broadcast for the twisted terror group claiming responsibility for the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

3 An ISIS extremist who is believed to have been a broadcaster for the terror group has been captured in Syria Credit: Pen News

He's also thought to be the masked host of a notorious propaganda film titled Flames of War, where he presides over the execution of six men who were made to dig their own graves.

The FBI has been trying to identify him since 2014 when they issued an appeal for information to the public.

However, the long hunt for the brainwashed broadcaster may now be over.

Professor Amarnath Amarasingam visited Syria as part of his research into extremism and was told that the man behind the mask was a Canadian called Abu Ridwan.

And though the prisoner identifies himself as Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed, Dr Amarasingam is convinced that he is in fact "the voice of ISIS".

"As soon as I heard the radio broadcasts and Flames of War, I thought he sounded distinctly Canadian," said Dr Amarasingam.



VOICE OF ISIS

"I kept nursing this theory with each subsequent ISIS media release, but could never find proof.

"It was only after I went to Syria in October that I got confirmation from another imprisoned fighter that the narrator was indeed Canadian."

He continued: "After the arrest, I tweeted a photo from a video that the Kurdish media had released.

"A childhood friend of his, who knew him until the moment he left for Syria, sent me a message saying that he knew who the captured fighter was.

"I asked him what his name was and he said they used to call him Abu Ridwan when he lived in Toronto. It was the same name we learned in Syria."

In a taped interview, the captive jihadi said it had become very crowded inside ISIS-held territory and that many soldiers had decided to leave, seeking to escape to Turkey.

CAPTURED BY KURDS

He also reported that recent days had seen an increase in air strikes, as well as sustained drone strikes, against jihadi strongholds.

The extremist further claimed to have spent "a few years" in Raqqa, the terror group's capital, and says he was captured by the Kurds on Sunday "after attacking one of their points and entering into a gun battle with them".

Describing his own background, he identifies himself as an Ethiopian who travelled from Canada to Syria via Turkey in 2013.

It's unclear what fate awaits the prisoner now.

3 The brainwashed militant, who has a Canadian accent, appeared the ISIS propaganda video Flames of War, it has been claimed Credit: Pen News

3 The man, who goes by the name Abu Ridwan, is believed to have broadcast ISIS' claiming responsibility for the 2015 attacks in Paris Credit: Pen News

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