Adam Lucente is a freelance journalist. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/adam-lucente/rss en Crises & Conflicts Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:40:24 +0000 Adam Lucente https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/06/07/returnees-fight-isis-in-iraq-and-on-instagram https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/06/07/returnees-fight-isis-in-iraq-and-on-instagram Two Kurdish men whose families fled Iraq for Europe have unique stories as returnee refugees now fighting ISIS in their ancestral homeland. They have also become minor Instagram celebrities, documenting their feats online. Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Adam Lucente https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/08/26/the-ypgs-foreign-fighters-western-face-on-a-foreign-problem https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/08/26/the-ypgs-foreign-fighters-western-face-on-a-foreign-problem Syria Deeply had the rare opportunity to speak to foreign volunteer fighters in the People’s Protection Units, the main Kurdish group fighting ISIS and other Islamist groups in Syria.