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YPJ volunteer Anna Campbell
Waiting for the grander vision to emerge
ANNA CAMPBELL would not have seen her death as more important than others suffered in the brave Kurdish-led resistance to oppression in Syria.
Whether fighting against the once apparently invincible Islamic State (Isis) hordes of jihadist reaction or the unjustifiable invasion of Aleppo province by Turkey, the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) brigade of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have distinguished themselves on and off the battlefield.
Campbell is one of a number of British and Irish volunteers to leave these islands to stand alongside Syria’s Kurds.
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