A U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group has detained a high-profile French Islamic State fighter in northern Syria who has been linked to terror attacks in Paris and Nice in 2015 and 2016, the group announced Thursday. The Syrian Democratic Forces said they captured Adrien Lionel Kiyali on Saturday near Raqqa in Syria, the former self-proclaimed capital the jihadist group. In recordings from the Islamic State group, Guihal claimed responsibility for the July 2016 truck attack in Nice as well as the double killings of two French police officials at their home in Magnanville. SDF forces backed by U.S.-coalition air and ground power seized Raqqa from the militants in 2017. The SDF has detained dozens of foreign IS fighters and their families in north Syria since the collapse of the jihadist group.

Source: ABC News May 24, 2018 15:51 UTC