US says it caught Syrian-German linked to 9/11
The US-led international coalition against the Islamic State group says its local allies in Syria have captured a Syrian-born German IS operative previously tied to a 9/11-linked jihadist cell.
US Col. Ryan Dillon says the Syrian Democratic Forces captured Mohammed Haydar Zammar in northeast Syria roughly four weeks ago.
Zammar, a Syrian-born German, was a key member of a Hamburg jihadist cell that included three of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots.
Dillon says Zammar is in SDF custody. He says coalition officials are working with the SDF in "ongoing intelligence activities." He declined to say whether officials have met face-to-face with Zammar.
