‘Bumbling’ New Zealand jihadi captured in Syria

Mark Taylor, who went viral for accidentally revealing militants’ location, says collapse of caliphate left him ‘in a pickle’

Mark Taylor
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An Islamic State fighter from New Zealand nicknamed the “bumbling jihadist” says he has surrendered to Kurdish forces in Syria after the collapse of the caliphate left him in a “pickle”.

Speaking to the ABC from a prison in northern Syria, Mark Taylor - who also goes by the name Mohammad Daniel and Abu Abdul Rahman - said he had fled the terror group in December last year, when the situation for the remaining holdouts become intolerable.

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