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TOPSHOT - A group of international foreign fighters pose for a photo on April 16, 2015, in the outskirts of the north-western Syrian town of Tal Tamr, north of Hasakeh, near the border with Turkey, as they fight alongside People Protection Unit (YPG) fighters under the commanders, Sider and Gerzan. International fighters, some of whom are former members of the military and others with zero combat experience came to Syria to help Kurdish forces in their fight against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Since very few YPG fighters speak English, the foreign fighters are mostly assigned together in troops. AFP PHOTO / UYGAR ONDER SIMSEK (Photo by UYGAR ONDER SIMSEK / AFP) (Photo by UYGAR ONDER SIMSEK/AFP via Getty Images)