German jihadist tied to 9/11 attacks caught in Syria

WASHINGTON: A Syrian-born German national accused of helping to plan the September 11, 2001 attacks has been detained by US-allied forces in Syria, the Pentagon has confirmed. “We can confirm that Mohammad Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national, was captured more than a month ago by SDF partners,” Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said in a statement on Thursday, referring to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A senior Kurdish commander told AFP the previous day that Zammar had been detained “and is now being interrogated.” Zammar, in his mid-fifties, has been accused of recruiting some of the September 11 Al-Qaeda hijackers who carried out attacks on Washington and New York, killing almost 3,000 people.