Report: British man killed fighting with Syrian rebels

A British man has been killed fighting with rebel forces in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Guardian reports.

Mohammed el-Araj, a Muslim man in his early twenties, was killed in Syria in mid-August, his family said.

Araj, from Ladbroke Grove, West London, was born on a British airways flight and grew up in the UK, his family told the Guardian.

If confirmed, he will be the second Briton to be named and confirmed dead whilst fighting in Syria.

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