Sydney man 'left Syria when told to fight'

By Margaret Scheikowski
Updated December 16 2019 - 12:58pm, first published 12:53pm
Belal Betka says he left Syria when told he had to fight for ISIS who were mistreating civilians.
Belal Betka says he left Syria when told he had to fight for ISIS who were mistreating civilians.

A Sydney man has told a judge he went to Syria for honourable and humanitarian reasons but left after he was told he had to fight for Islamic State.

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