ISIL released a video showing British hostage John Cantlie apparently walking and speaking in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani.

Takfiri group operating in Ira and Syria, ISIL released a video showing British hostage John Cantlie apparently walking and speaking in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani.

Kobani, also known by its Arabic name Ayn al-Arab, has been under siege from the terrorists for over a month. Kurdish forces defending the strategic town on the Syrian-Turkish border have recently said they have mostly pushed ISIL out.

The 5-minute video named “Inside Ayn al-Islam” was released on Monday and shows Cantlie walking around the debris of destroyed buildings in what appear to be Kobani. In the video the hostage acts as a ‘reporter’ on the ground denying the reports that ISIL terrorists have been ousted form the town.

Experts analyzing earlier ISIL propaganda videos featuring Cantlie have suggested that he is speaking under duress.

The message of the video is that despite the media reports Kobani is about to fall completely under ISIL control. "The mujahedeen are just mopping up now, street to street, and building to building," the hostage said in the video.

The high-resolution video also includes footage of Kobani apparently shot from an ISIL drone hovering over the deserted streets and ruins of the town.

British journalist John Cantlie who worked for the Sunday Times, the Sun and the Sunday Telegraph was first taken hostage by Takfiris in July 2012 in Syria. He was later released but returned to the country later that year where he was captured again.

Since then he had appeared in several propaganda videos released by ISIL in which he apparently read from a script. However the Monday video was the first one showing Cantlie outdoors.