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Bury Me in Kurdistan
The fathers of British fighters visit the exact spot where their children were killed in battle with the Kurdish Resistance against ISIS. They have taken this trip to learn more about their children's last days and to say a final...
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Grief and Glory: When Your Child Dies a Foreign Martyr
Parents of foreign fighters in Syria grapple with the pain, pride, and even relief of losing their children in another country's war. Someone Else's War part 4
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Back to the Battlefield: Parents Revisit Their Children's Final Days
The fathers of three Britons killed while fighting with the Kurdish resistance travel to Syria to meet the people who fought alongside their children. They visit a few towns where their children lived and died and learn more about the...
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Comradery, Compassion, Discipline: Why Some Britons Joined the Kurdish Resistance
The parents of a few Britons killed while fighting for the Kurdish resistance agains ISIS talk about their children; who they were and what may have motivated them to join the resistance. A few parents were shocked, a few were not, and...
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Britons in the Kurdish Resistance
As of March, 2018, more than 20 Britons had fought with the Kurdish resistance against Isis and eight had died. The Kurdish resistance invited their parents to Syria. Three fathers accepted the invitation, hoping to learn more about...