"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

NEWS AND ARTICLES / HABERLER VE MAKALELER

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Syria death reported of ex-British marine fighting alongside Kurds- BBC News

A former Royal Marine has become the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish militia has told the BBC.
The Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) named him as Konstandinos Erik Scurfield, from Barnsley.
A British pro-Kurdish activist said he had informed Mr Scurfield's family of the death, at the request of the YPG.
The Foreign Office said it was "aware of reports" of a Briton dying in Syria.
The YPG said the "British volunteer martyr" died in an area west of the city of Qamishli on Monday.