Mustafa Hajj-Obeid, a 41-year-old Australian member of Islamic State, has been discovered alive in a Syrian prison after being missing for six years. He was recognized in Panorama prison during a tour by the Guardian, where he discussed his regret over his past actions with IS. Hajj-Obeid had traveled to Syria in 2015, claiming a desire to help amid the country's turmoil. He expressed uncertainty about whether his family back in Australia knew of his survival, while detailing the traumatic conditions faced by prisoners at the facility.
I've been here for six years and it's been traumatising, he said, the cell floor behind him lined with thin, grey sleeping mats and what appeared to be plastic children's cutlery.
I had Facebook at home and I would sit and obviously, surf the net, see what's happening. Really at that time I saw the situation, but I didn't judge it well.
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