Bilal Abdul Kareem

News: North America

Montreal jihadi who burned his Canadian passport allegedly held captive by al-Qaida affiliate in Syria In a notorious video, Sami Elabi douses his Canadian passport with flammable liquid, sets it on fire and then opens fire with an assault rifle

November 25, 2021   

(National Post) A Canadian man who fought for the Islamic State — and starred in two of the terror group’s propaganda videos before quitting and disappearing — has been held captive by a militant group in Syria for more than a year, […]

News: Europe

Notorious French militant leader arrested by HTS in Syria’s Idlib Omar Omsen, leader of the Firqatul Gharaba brigade, was detained on Saturday, as widening HTS crackdown also targets Hizb ut-Tahrir members

August 31, 2020 and   

(Middle East Eye) A senior French fighter has been detained by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in a new round of arrests by the militant group in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province. Omar Omsen, the leader of the Firqatul Gharaba brigade, was taken into […]