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A Canadian military veteran who joined Kurdish forces battling ISIS two months ago has returned home “safe and sound,” his father, an Ontario provincial politician, said Tuesday.

“We are proud and relieved that Dillon has returned safely home from the Middle East,” Randy Hillier, a Progressive Conservative MPP, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.

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He said his son, who saw combat alongside the Peshmerga, would be “taking time to readjust and reunite with friends and family at home before he is available for any further public comment or availability.”

A retired corporal in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Dillon Hillier traveled to Iraq in November to volunteer with the Peshmerga, saying it was “the right thing to do.”

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The Peshmerga had been recruiting Westerners into its ranks but last week posted a message on Facebook saying its volunteer coordinator had been “released of duties.”