UK Foreign Office confirms that a Briton fighting alongside foreign-backed militants was killed in Syria.<\/p>\n
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The UK Foreign Office has confirmed that a Briton fighting alongside foreign-backed militants was killed in Idlib, Syria.\n<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old man, named as Ali Almanasfi, was among three Westerners who were ambushed by Syrian government forces in their car while traveling through the northwestern province on Thursday.\n<\/p>\n
Syrian state-run television reported that a 33-year-old American woman, identified as Nicole Lynn Mansfield, and the two others were members of al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.\n<\/p>\n
The TV footage showed a black car covert in bullet holes and three bodies laid out with multiple gunshot wounds. It also showed a cache of weapons, a computer, a hand-drawn map of a government installation, and a flag belonging to the terrorist group.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe understand that a British National has been killed in Syria. Their family have been informed and we are providing consular assistance,\u201d said a Foreign Office spokesperson.\n<\/p>\n
Britain has played a major role in fanning the flames of unrest in the Arab country by arming and training militants fighting against the Syrian government.\n<\/p>\n
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of government forces, have been killed in the violence.\n<\/p>\n
Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.\n<\/p>\n
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