24 October 2019
"A British man who fought with a Kurdish militia against the Islamic State group has been found guilty of attending a terrorist training camp."
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UK: British man who fought against IS guilty of terrorism charge (BBC News, link)
"Aidan James, 28, of Formby, Merseyside, had no previous military knowledge when he set out for Syria in 2017.
He denied terror offences but was found guilty at a retrial at the Old Bailey of attending a camp in Iraq where the banned PKK group was present.
James was cleared of attending a terrorist training camp in Syria."
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