Syria

33-Year-Old Michigan Woman Dies Fighting With Syrian Rebels

Reported in state media

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A 33-year-old Michigan woman was killed in Syria while fighting for opposition forces, relatives said.

Nicole Lynn Mansfield, of Flint, and two other were fighters for a group opposed to Syria's government and were killed during a confrontation in Idlib, according to a pro-Syrian government news agency. The circumstances of the deaths could not immediately be confirmed.