A disgraced pharmacist from Birmingham, Miah treated IS fighters while working in a hospital in Mayadin town for four years. But he claimed he never swore allegiance to the caliphate and that he was “proud to be British”. His plea to return to the UK follows that of Shamima Begum, another British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, who recently gave birth at a Syrian refugee camp. “In an ideal situation I would like to take my wife and my children back to Britain with me and just live a normal life. Miah said his children are British citizens and that Britain had a responsibility to take all its citizens back and rehabilitate them.

Source: bd News24 February 27, 2019 05:26 UTC