The 40-year-old dual citizen of the UK and Pakistan, who was working at a Cornwall hospital before he left for Syria two years ago, is suspected of fighting for terrorists despite him claiming that he was simply helping the population in areas under Daesh control.
The British government is refusing to take back the NHS doctor, who is being held in captivity in Syria by Kurdish fighters on suspicion of ties to Daesh*, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The captive, identified by the newspaper as Muhaamad Saqib Raza, 40, was detained four months ago by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia, as he was trying to flee Syria.
Although he claims that he wasn't part Daesh but worked as a medic in areas controlled by them, he was accused of trying to “radicalize” colleagues before he travelled to Syria in 2016.
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Raza, who was born in Pakistan, is said to have double British-Pakistani citizenship. His last known address was in Leicester, and neighbors claim that he had become increasingly religious prior to his departure to Syria.
“He would pray several times a day and before he left he began to grow his beard longer and longer. He said he didn't like living in the West,” his neighbor told The Telegraph. “He seemed to have something of an issue about it. When he got angry he would talk going to Kuwait…
