EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Ex-bodyguard of Islamic State’s ‘Minister of War’ talks

He spent a year in Syria, protecting one of Islamic State’s most wanted leaders, but later managed to escape. Hiding his identity and in fear for his life, the former fighter sat down with RT and recounted the terror he witnessed.

RT had to change the man’s voice and keep him anonymous: A year on from fleeing Syria, he still fears revenge from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

Calling himself Zurab, he says he was initially seduced by the slick propaganda videos that IS spread all over the internet.

“We watched promo videos of women, children and elderly people crying out, ‘where are you, Muslims? Why are you hiding? When Muslim blood is being spilled, you decide you want to be a pacifist?’ I had feelings of guilt, compassion and responsibility. We went there not because we knew the facts but because of our emotions,” he told RT.

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