The parents of a British-Canadian man held in Syria on charges he was an ISIL member are pleading with Canadian MPs to help free him, saying politicians here are now the Muslim convert’s best chance of staying alive. Though dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media, the residents of Oxford, England, say Letts never joined Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and has condemned their atrocities. The dual citizen was captured by the Kurdish YPG militia in May after escaping Raqqa — the de-facto ISIL capital until its defeat recently. Meanwhile, a Kurdish official told the Post that things would turn to Letts’ benefit if Canada got involved. But the suggestion that he had joined the organization was the invention of a British newspaper, as was the nickname, say Letts and Lane.

Source: National Post November 20, 2017 23:26 UTC