How ISIS fighter accidentally gives away his location on Twitter

A man from New Zealand, who is believed to have been joined the Islamic State in Iraq, has accidentally revealed his location, by posting location-tagged tweets

Abu Abdul-Rahman, also known as Mark Taylor, deleted 45 tweets after discovering that they gave away his precise location, making him susceptible to potential threats.

Jeff Weyers, a researcher from intelligence group iBrado has used the information to pinpoint Taylor’s location to a house in al-Taqbah, a Syrian town near al-Raqqa, an ISIS stronghold.


Taylor left New Zealand in 2012, despite being subjected to travel restrictions and emerged in Syria in June last year.

In a YouTube video released last month, Taylor said: ‘My current location is in Syria and my commitment is for jihad for Allah, and his Messenger’.

Despite previously claiming on Twitter that he was on a ‘one way trip’ to Syria, alongside a picture of a burnt passport, Taylor has reportedly contacted the New Zealand passport office to secure a replacement, but has not received a response.