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US Volunteer With Kurdish Forces Killed in Fight to Retake Manbij From Daesh

© AFP 2023 / DELIL SOULEIMANKurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Islamic State (IS) jihadist's group bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria (File)
Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Islamic State (IS) jihadist's group bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria (File) - Sputnik International
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US volunteer with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) William Savage was killed during the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Manbij from the Daesh terrorist group, the YPG said in a statement on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Savage was severely injured by Daesh bombardment and died from his injuries on August 10, the statement said. The YPG noted that he had been helping civilians to escape from Manbij.

Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters greet civilians who were evacuated by the SDF from an Islamic State-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 12, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Originally from the US state of Maryland, Savage joined the Kurdish fighters in 2015 and had participated in a number of anti-Daesh operations. He adopted the Kuridsh name Amed Kobane.

Savage is the fourth US citizen to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria. On July 21, the YPG announced that Nevada-born volunteer Levi Jonathan Shirley was killed in the Manbij operation.

The Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recaptured Manbij on August 13 after a 73-day campaign against Daesh, which is outlawed in the United States, Russia and many other nations.

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