2 of ISIS’s Infamous British Fighters Are Captured by Syrian Kurds<br />But the British government has stripped Mr. Kotey and Mr. Elsheikh of their citizenship, according to a United States official.<br />A senior United States official said Mr. Kotey and Mr. Elsheikh had provided valuable information to military interrogators about the remaining Islamic State leadership<br />and support structure, which are under tremendous pressure from air and ground attacks.<br />suspected that the two men were foreign fighters and gave them access to American Special Operations forces, United States officials said.<br />8, 2018<br />WASHINGTON — Syrian Kurdish fighters have detained two British men infamous for their role in the Islamic State’s imprisonment, torture<br />and killing of Western hostages, according to American officials.<br />It was not clear whether the Justice Department would prosecute the two men or when the United States military would take custody of them.<br />Mr. Kotey, 34, and Mr. Elsheikh, 29, were detained by the American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led militia, which is fighting the last pockets of Islamic State insurgents in Syrian towns<br />and villages along the Euphrates River south to the border with Iraq.
