Over 200 from Germany fought with PYD, YPG in Middle East since 2013: German ministry
ISTANBUL
Figures released by the ministry do not include any who might have joined the Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq. The figures emerged in the German media on April following a parliamentary question put by the opposition Left Party.
Two German citizens were reported to have been killed in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as Germany reportedly had no immediate report about the death of one German citizen.
Of the volunteer militants who left since 2013, 102 have since returned to Germany, including 43 German citizens. Some 12 of them who returned to Germany were also reportedly Turkish citizens.
The ministry’s report also revealed that one Polish citizen, one Iraqi and one Belgian citizen returned to Germany. Some 16 of them who returned to the country had fought with the YPG, according to the ministry.