Syria's Kurds on Wednesday said they had captured eight alleged foreign jihadists including an American teenager in fighting against the Islamic State group.
The eight, detained on Sunday and Monday, include a 16-year-old American as well as a German and a Russian, the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) said in a statement.
Two are from Uzbekistan. The others are from Tajikistan, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
The YPG has spearheaded the battle against IS in eastern Syria, where they are close to flushing out the jihadists from their last pocket near the Iraqi border.
They are the largest component in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who are backed by the US-led coalition against IS.
The YPG published mugshots of the eight alleged foreign jihadist fighters, and gave the following names: - Adil Rahimov, 58, Uzbekistan - Farhad Qaderov, 28, Uzbekistan - Mohammad Dawlat, 22, Tajikistan - Askar Zarmanbetov, 27, Ukraine - Sattibek Oshibaev, 30, Kazakhstan - Bimuraev Begjan, 30, Russia - Lucas Glass, 31, Germany
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