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UPDATE 1-Canadian fighting with Syrian rebels killed in northeast -monitor

Published 2015-11-04, 08:13 p/m
© Reuters. UPDATE 1-Canadian fighting with Syrian rebels killed in northeast -monitor

(Adds comment from Canadian government)
BEIRUT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A Canadian national fighting
alongside Syrian rebels was killed in the northeast of the
country on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack carried out by
Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
monitoring group said.
U.S.-backed rebel alliance the Democratic Forces of Syria,
which includes the Kurdish YPG militia, launched an offensive
last week against Islamic State in the northeastern province of
Hasaka on the border with Iraq. ID:nL8N12V0E7
Fighting has been concentrated near the town of al-Houl.
It was near al-Houl where the blast killed the Canadian
citizen at dawn on Wednesday, the Observatory said in an initial
report, without elaborating.
U.S.-led air strikes have been targeting Islamic State in
north and northeastern Syria as its partners on the ground put
pressure on the group.
Canada's foreign ministry said in a statement it was aware
of reports of the death of a Canadian in Syria and was gathering
additional information, but added that its ability to provide
assistance was severely limited by the fighting.
The Canadian government has urged its citizens to leave
Syria since November 2011.
"Canadians travelling to Syria, including those who travel
there to join local campaigns to fight alongside any party to
the conflict, must do so at their own personal risk," it said.

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