INTERVIEW: Yusuf Zahab was taken from Australia as a boy to live under IS in Syria; now he wants to come home

Yusuf Zahab, now in his 20s, sits down for an interview with SBS Dateline, his first with the Australian media (SBS Dateline).jpg

Yusuf Zahab, now in his 20s, sits down for an interview with SBS Dateline, his first with the Australian media Source: SBS News / Dateline

A western Sydney schoolboy was taken to Syria with his family to live under IS in 2015. After the fall of the self-declared caliphate, he was swept up into the adult Kurdish prison system and feared dead. Now, from an undisclosed military location in a Kurdish-controlled part of northeast Syria, Yusuf Zahab has spoken exclusively to SBS Dateline's Colin Cosier. You can watch the full story on Dateline at SBS On Demand


You can hear the second part of the interview with , and watch the full story on Dateline at SBS On Demand.

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