Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA British woman who left home to join a Kurdish militia in the fight against ISIS has been killed in a Syrian city besieged by Turkish-led forces, her father says. She was reported to have been the first British woman to have died fighting with Kurdish forces in Syria. (Image: AFP)Mr Campbell told the Guardian: “Anna was very idealistic, very serious, very wholehearted and wanted to create a better world. (Image: AFP)She is said to be at least the eighth Briton to die fighting with Kurdish forces in Syria. The YPJ is an all-female brigade of the Kurdish People's Protection Units YPG, which has around 50,000 Kurdish men and women fighting against ISIS in northern Syria.

Source: Daily Mirror March 19, 2018 07:10 UTC