A Canadian who joined the YPG was killed in Syria

John Gallagher, 32 year-old Canadian, lost his life in Syria. Gallagher joined the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia, to fight the Islamic State.

According to several sources, Gallagher got killed by an ISIS suicide bomber east of Hasakah, where the YPG is trying to push East. With Gallagher another soldier lost his life, though his identity has not yet been revealed.

The YPG is the only force actually taking back ISIS territory, and many analysts believe the will try to attack Raqqa, the de-facto capital of the Islamic State.

Gallagher is the seventh western fighter to get killed in Syria. He was recently interviewed and this is the article.