(Global News) Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Friday that Canada will “monitor” the case of an ISIS fighter caught in Syria last weekend amid speculation he may be a Canadian who narrated execution videos.
Asked what the government was doing about the captured fighter, who said in a video he had gone to Syria from Canada in 2013, Goodale provided no details about the involvement of Canadian authorities.
“Well, he’s not in Canadian custody at this time. He’s, as we understand it, in the custody of the Kurds, and we have no agreement with them,” the minister told reporters in Ottawa.
“We will obviously monitor this situation, as we do all of these, very carefully to make sure that we’ve got the facts, we’ve got full knowledge of what is transpiring and that we are taking all appropriate steps to keep Canadians safe and secure.”
