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| British man killed in Syria, Foreign Office understands | British man killed in Syria, Foreign Office understands |
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| A British man has been killed in Syria, the Foreign Office understands. | A British man has been killed in Syria, the Foreign Office understands. |
| According to Syrian state television, he is Ali Al-Manasifi, believed to be a 22-year-old who grew up in west London. | |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group, said the man was Muslim and might have been working with Syrian rebels, but could not confirm this. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group, said the man was Muslim and might have been working with Syrian rebels, but could not confirm this. |
| It also said he died along with another man and a US woman. His family has been informed, the Foreign Office said. | It also said he died along with another man and a US woman. His family has been informed, the Foreign Office said. |
| A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We understand a British national has been killed in Syria. Their family has been informed and we are providing consular assistance." | A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We understand a British national has been killed in Syria. Their family has been informed and we are providing consular assistance." |
| 'Foreign fighters' | |
| Nicole Mansfield, 33, from Flint in Michigan, is believed to be the American woman who died. | |
| Her family have been told by the FBI she was killed in Syria fighting for opposition forces. | |
| Syrian TV showed a bullet-riddled car and said the three were killed when it was ambushed by government forces in northern Syria on Wednesday. | |
| It called them "foreign fighters" and claimed they were on a scouting mission for the Syrian opposition, taking photographs of military positions. | |
| The TV report showed documents said to be found with the bodies, including a British passport in the name of Mr Al-Manasifi. | |
| Sources close to his family told the BBC he disappeared from London in January before calling his father to let him know he was in Syria. | |
| All British diplomats have been withdrawn from Syria amid the escalating bloodshed between the government forces and rebels. | All British diplomats have been withdrawn from Syria amid the escalating bloodshed between the government forces and rebels. |
| Last week, British volunteer doctor Isa Abdur Rahman, 26, a graduate of Imperial College London, was killed when a clinic, also in the north, was hit by a shell. | |