MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti) - British teenager Ibrahim Kamara, who went to Syria to fight for Islamic State (IS) militants in the region, is believed to have been killed by US airstrikes and to be the first British fighter eliminated by the US forces in Syria, The Guardian reported.
According to the article published Wednesday Kamara's mother, Khadijah Kamara, learned about his death through social media as a photo posted on Facebook showed his face in an unzipped body bag.
"I cried when I could not do anything about it. I cried then. What's left to cry now? He's gone. I have three other boys, I have to be strong for them," she told the newspaper.
US President Barack Obama unveiled a strategy for defeating the IS on September 10. The plan includes the formation of an international coalition against the radical Sunni organization.
The Unites States carried out a number of airstrikes against IS positions in Syria using aircraft, drones and Tomahawk missiles. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates also reportedly took part in the attacks.
The IS, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has been fighting against Syrian government since 2012. In June 2014, the group extended its attacks to northern and western Iraq, declaring a caliphate on the territories over which it had control.
