JIHADI JOHN IDENTIFIEDFBI Director James Comey says the bureau has identified the Islamic State (IS) militant known as Jihadi John.
But Mr Comey told reporters at the bureau's headquarters in Washington DC he would not reveal the man's name or nationality.
The jihadist group shocked the world when it released videos of a man with a British accent apparently killing two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and a British aid worker, David Haines.
The militant - who speaks with a southern English accent - shows only his eyes in all three videos.
He appears to be left-handed and of average height and build.
The British Ambassador to the US, Peter Westmacott, said last month the UK was close to identifying the suspect.
He said sophisticated technology, including voice recognition software, was being used to track him down.
The FBI director also said on Thursday that about a dozen Americans are believed to be currently fighting with extremist groups in Syria.
He said more than 100 Americans in total had either managed to reach Syria, had been arrested while trying to travel there, or had gone and returned.
In his briefing, Mr Comey also said a shadowy al Qaeda cell in Syria known as the Khorasan Group may still be plotting attacks on the West.
He said there was no sign yet that US airstrikes this week, which American officials believed killed Khorasan's leader, had disrupted the group's plans.
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