Ex-servicemen will be travelling to northern Syria to fight ISIS militants . The group has been fighting for over a year in the city of Raqqa, which is also known as ISIL's capital and home base from where it plans attacks on Western targets.
Ex-servicemen will be travelling to northern Syria to fight ISIS militants . Eight-strong unit currently training in Europe before joining Kurd militias . They say they will be fighting for 'freedom and democracy ' in the face of ISIS ' 'cancerous , perverted form of Islam ' Men say they are volunteering their skills to Kurdish YPG and Peshmerga . Special Forces-trained unit are called the International Volunteer Force .