Mine
Mine event in Raqqa area, Syrian Arab Republic on Thu 30th November 2017
30th November 2017
SOURCE: The Guardian Online (2017). HEADLINE: British man fighting Isis in Syria has been killed in Raqqa, sources say. QUOTED SUMMARY: A British man who went to Syria to fight Islamic State has been killed in Raqqa, a month after Kurdish commanders declared the total liberation of the group's de facto capital, Kurdish sources have confirmed. Oliver Hall, 24, from Portsmouth, is believed to have been clearing mines in the city with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) when one exploded near him on Saturday. Multiple sources with close links to the YPG confirmed his death to the Guardian.... .....Mark Campbell, co-chair of the Kurdish Solidarity Campaign, said: It is with deep regret and sorrow that I can confirm via Kurdish sources in Syria that Ollie Hall, a UK national who travelled to Syria in August to help in the liberation of the Isis city of Raqqa with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), fell on 25 November from an explosion of ordinance left by Daesh after the liberation of the city. Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of Ollie at this time. NOTE: This article also references a second death by another British man dated ...On 23 October
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