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UK 'anti-IS fighters' freed in Iraq
Source: BBC
UK 'anti-IS fighters' freed in Iraq
24 April 2016 UK
Two Britons and an Irishman have been freed in Iraq after being held on their way home from fighting against so-called Islamic State (IS), the Foreign Office has said.
Jac Holmes from Bournemouth, Joe Ackerman from Halifax and Irish citizen Joshua Molloy had been detained in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
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We understand the men had been waiting on the border between Syria and Iraq for several weeks trying to cross. However, the border was closed.
They made their way to another point to cross and were arrested and told they were crossing into Iraq illegally.
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Kurdish supporters in the UK have rallied around in support of Mr Holmes during his time fighting in Syria. He is one of a number of western volunteers fighting with the Kurds.
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24 April 2016 UK
Two Britons and an Irishman have been freed in Iraq after being held on their way home from fighting against so-called Islamic State (IS), the Foreign Office has said.
Jac Holmes from Bournemouth, Joe Ackerman from Halifax and Irish citizen Joshua Molloy had been detained in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
We understand the men had been waiting on the border between Syria and Iraq for several weeks trying to cross. However, the border was closed.
They made their way to another point to cross and were arrested and told they were crossing into Iraq illegally.
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Kurdish supporters in the UK have rallied around in support of Mr Holmes during his time fighting in Syria. He is one of a number of western volunteers fighting with the Kurds.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36124279
