Carer travels to Syria to fight against ISIS terrorists

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Wednesday 11 January 2017 at 4:09pm

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A care worker from Nottinghamshire has travelled to Syria for the second time to fight against the so-called Islamic State terror group.

Aiden Aslin first flew out to Syria in 2015 to fight alongside Kurdish forces. He'd given up his job as a carer after watching coverage about the plight of people there at the hands of IS.

Three months ago there was relief for 22-year-old Aiden and his family when he was told he wouldn't face any terrorism charges for his previous visit to the war-zone.

Aiden's one of several Britons who've travelled to Syria to fight IS. Two years ago ex-Royal Marine Kosta Scurfield from Nottingham was killed. And just before Christmas, another British citizen Ryan Lock died during an anti-IS offensive. The Home office say: