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Canadian John Gallagher killed by Islamic State suicide bomber
John Gallagher, a former Canadian infantryman who was fighting Islamic State alongside the YPG, was profiled by Maclean’s months before his death
How an army of Kurds are winning against Islamic State
The YPG, a ragtag army of Kurds, are taking on—and beating—the world’s most feared jihadists. But is fanaticism the only way to kill fanaticism?