Syria: An American Dies in a Battle

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An American fighting alongside Kurdish forces against the Islamic State group in Syria has been killed in battle, American officials said Wednesday. The American, Keith Broomfield of Massachusetts, died June 3 in a battle in a Syrian village near the border town of Kobani, said Nasser Haji, an official with a group of Kurdish fighters known as the People’s Protection Units, or Y.P.G. for the initials of its Kurdish name. Mr. Haji did not elaborate on the circumstances of Mr. Broomfield’s death. A State Department spokesman, Jeff Rathke, confirmed Mr. Broomfield’s death but offered no details. The fight against the Islamic State group has attracted dozens of Westerners, including a number of Iraq war veterans.