Humanitarian volunteer recounts meeting Malaysian jihadist in Syria

Good Samaritans: Syahrir Azfar (left) and Faisal discussing their relief work in Syria and their encounters with the Malaysian militants there

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s really an odd moment when a humanitarian comes face to face with a man who is training to kill. It happened to Syahrir Azfar Saleh.

Syahrir Azfar was volunteering in Hama, Syria, in April when he came across fellow Malaysian Ahmad Salman Abdul Rahim.