Syria: Dutch former IS member wants his normal life back after leaving the Caliphate

Subscribe to our channel! Dutch citizen Yakhoci Riedijk of Arnhem had been working as a blacksmith when he made the decision to leave his home and join the so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIL/ISIS), a decision he would later come to “regret.“ In an exclusive interview filmed for Ruptly at an SDF camp for IS members near Qamishli in Syria's Jazira region on Monday, Riedijk recounted how he stumbled upon IS ideology on the internet and reached out to militants through Twitter. “I s