Nazzareno Tassone
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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Nazzareno Tassone, 24, joined the Kurdish militia group known as the YPG last year and was killed in December along with three comrades.
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In June, Nazzareno Tassone left Alberta, Canada, telling his family he was going to teach English in Iraq. In December, he was killed trying to take back Raqqa from the Islamic State.
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