He stood up to IS and survived

Hamoudi was kidnapped, tortured... then escaped.

Viewers in the UK can watch Lyse Doucet’s two-part documentary Syria: the World’s War here. The documentaries will be broadcast on BBC World on 26-27 May and 2-3 June 2018.

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