Kurdish people's Protection Unit
What it's like to leave Canada and fight ISIS
These Canadians left to join the Kurdish militias fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The Canadian government doesn't recognize them.
Mourners pay tribute to young Canadian man who died fighting ISIS alongside Kurdish militia
Nazzareno Tassone, 24, is the second Canadian volunteer to die overseas, and part of a stream of young men and women who have been drawn to the fight against the Islamic State.
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