British Woman Who Fought Alongside Kurds in Syria Killed in Turkish Air Assault

British Woman Who Fought Alongside Kurds in Syria Killed in Turkish Air Assault
Anna Campbell is the first British woman killed in Syria while serving with Kurdish forces. Reuters/Handout
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

A British woman who joined an all-female Kurdish fighting unit to take up arms against ISIS has been killed in Syria.

Anna Campbell, from Lewes, East Sussex, was part of a U.S.-backed Kurdish Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) hit by a Turkish missile in the besieged city of Afrin, northern Syria, on March 16, the Guardian reported.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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