British Army Veteran Amongst Fighters Joining Kurds To Fight Islamic State In Syria

A British army veteran is one of several Britons who has travelled to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State, according to Facebook posts. The Observer reported that one of the growing number of Europeans in Syria fighting with the Kurdish peshmerga is a former Afghanistan infantryman with the British army, James Hughes from Reading. He is believed to be in Rojava, the Kurdish area of northern Syria where forces are attempting to save the beleaguered city of Kobani from falling into jihadist hands.

He is also believed to be with his friend, Jamie Read, from Newmains in Lanarkshire, whose Facebook page says he trained with the French army.

The Facebook page 'Lions of Rojava', which is run by an American fighter called Jordan Matson, has posted numerous pictures of Europeans including Britons who it claims are in Syria fighting IS. It has a Skype address and actively encourages recruits to come to fight for the cause.


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I wonder why they are siding with the Kurds. Is there some ideological reasons, or are they ethnic Kurds themselves?

They are not Kurds, just British Soldiers who hate what IS are doing!!

nicko wrote:They are not Kurds, just British Soldiers who hate what IS are doing!!

Summed up nicely nicko and it you didn't need to write an essay to do so.

Spot on

nicko wrote:They are not Kurds, just British Soldiers who hate what IS are doing!!

ISIL is just former Baath party, which is Sunni. Therefore such British soldiers are pro-Iranian.

Why do ex-British soldiers align with Iran?

I thought it was against the law for British forces to fight with any other military?

The British Soldiers have left the Army and can fight with who they like! I understand several American Soldiers have done the same.