Canadian jihadist says IS foreign fighters 'hung out to dry' Canadian jihadist Mohammad Ali who joined IS in 2014 under the nom de guerre Abu Turab al-Kanadi says he has been "hung out to dry" by the Islamic State group like other foreign fighters and appealed to his government for help during an interview at a detention centre in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, under the control of the Syrian Defence Forces, who are holding hundreds of foreign jihadists.