At least five Canadians have been killed in Syria while fighting with ISIL militants, Canadian media reports.
Canada’s National Post reported on Wednesday that Ottawa-born John Maguire, who joined Daesh in Syria in January 2013, died in the northern Syrian flashpoint Kurdish town of Kobani.
In a six-minute video released by the militant group, the 23-year old Ottawa man, identified as Abu Anwar al-Canadi, had warned that Canada’s involvement in a US-led coalition’s airstrikes against alleged ISIL positions in Syria and Iraq would result in revenge “lone wolf” attacks in the country.
The report also said that four other Canadians from a single family of Somali origin were killed in recent months while fighting alongside the extremist group in Syria. Most of them are believed to have left Canada in October 2013.
Kurdish fighters are reportedly in control of nearly 70 percent of Kobani as ISIL has lost ground in the strategic territory.
Kobani and its surroundings have been under attack since mid-September, with ISIL capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages and killing hundreds of people.
ISIL controls some parts of Iraq and Syria. The militants are engaged in crimes against humanity in the areas under their control. They have terrorized and killed people of all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.
