An American has died fighting ISIS in Syria
An American who fought beside Kurdish Peshmerga fighters against ISIS has died.
Kurdish officials said on Wednesday that the man, who has not officially been named by Syria, was "martyred" near Kobani. The co-deputy foreign minister of the Kobani district, Idris Nassan, has also verified the death to NBC news.
Several Kurdish Facebook and Twitter handles have named the volunteer soldier as Keith Thomas Broomfield, and American officials have reportedly contacted Bloomfield's next of kin.
Cristina Silva of International Business Times has more:
"I didn't want him to go but I didn't have a choice in the matter," said his mother, Donna, in a tearful phone interview with NBC News. She said he traveled to the Middle East four months ago to fight and they had little communication during that time. "I'm waiting for his body to come back," she added.