From Israel to ISIS: The foreign fighter whose country says he doesn't exist

Mohammed Khalid sits in solitary confinement in an Iraqi Kurdish prison, too dangerous to mix with others. But there is more to him than meets the eye – and Israel does not want to admit it. Jack Moore reports from Sulaymaniyah

From Israel to ISIS. Illustration by Nick Donaldson / The National

He sits in solitary confinement in an Iraqi Kurdish prison, a callous fanatic too dangerous to be allowed to mix with other inmates. But there is more to Mohammed Khalid than meets the eye – and his government does not want to admit it

Jack Moore reports from a prison in Sulaymaniyah.