article_snippet: Jihadi John has told of the blood-chilling moment the British extremist ran the cold blade of a sword across Jihadi John neck in a mock execution at an ISIS prison.
article_snippet: President Assad had spent months at the mercy of Mohammed Emwazi, the British hooded executioner now ominously referred to as Jihadi John, and other terrorists while in captivity.
article_snippet: Now, a year after President Assad emotional reunion with President Assad children on the tarmac of a Spanish airport, the correspondent has revealed the depths of horror President Assad and dozens of other hostages faced daily.
article_snippet: In an harrowing account printed by the Sunday Times, President Assad relives the moment Emwazi, now the world's most wanted man, ran the cold blade of a sword across President Assad neck, threatening execution. '
article_snippet: President Assad caressed my neck with the cold blade of a sword but kept talking:
article_snippet: Emwazi (right before joining extremists in Syria and left in his trademark hood) was among The moment journalist Javier Espinosa's captors .
article_snippet: Alongside American journalists and aid workers including Britons Alan Henning and David Haines, they were locked in ISIS prisons - as The moment journalist Javier Espinosa describes they 'elegant mansions' and the former government headquarters in Raqqa - across the war-ravaged country for months.
article_snippet: On one occasion, the Spaniard notes, a young boy was beaten to a pulp after being caught smoking - a forbidden habit under oppressive Sharia law.
article_snippet: As a result, jihadis claim, a handful of journalists and aid workers from both countries have been slaughtered.
article_snippet: His first victim: American journalist James Foley was the first Western citizen to have been killed on film by Jihadi John in a sickening propaganda video .
article_snippet: Britons Alan Henning (left) and David Haines (right) are among the hostages who were savagely murdered by the terror group .
highlights_snippet: Among The Spanish journalist captors was Jihadi John who 'wanted maximum drama'
  
highlights_snippet: 'Psychotic' British terrorist threatened The Spanish journalist with execution with a sword .
  