is still alive if dhar is alive there is no way he can return to the uk as he will face many years in prison he addedpart of it sounds potentially suspicious it is possible hes amongst the foreign contingent still holed up in the last remaining isis pocket in syrias east said charles lister senior fellow and director of the countering terrorism and extremism program at the middle east institute but theres no way to know for sure without some real evidence lister saidaccording to the home office more than 900 individuals have travelled from britain to join isis in syria of these approximately 20 have been killed overseas and around 40 have returned to the ukthe majority of those who have returned did so in the earlier stages of the conflict and were investigated on their return a significant proportion of these individuals are assessed as no longer being of national security concern the home office saidsecurity minister ben wallace said this week anyone who does travel to these areas for the purposes of supporting alqaida or daesh should expect to be investigated and potentially prosecuted if they return to the uk