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Australian IS fighter, long presumed dead, speaks from Syrian prison

An Australian man who travelled to the Middle East to join IS, and has long been presumed dead, appears to have been located inside a northern Syria prison.

Hamza Elbaf reportedly joined IS in 2015.

Hamza Elbaf reportedly joined IS in 2015. Source: NPA

A Syrian news agency has located a man identified as 27-year-old Hamza Elbaf, one of four Western Sydney brothers who travelled to the Middle East to join IS in 2014. 

In an interview with North Press Agency, a Syrian news outlet, a man identified as 27-year-old Hamza Elbaf - one of four brothers that travelled to Syria from Sydney in 2014 - claimed he was never a fighter but worked as a cook for an IS-owned restaurant.

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By Maani Truu, Hachem El-Haddad

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