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The parents of a British Columbia man who traveled to Syria last week to volunteer in the fight against ISIS said Wednesday they were proud of their son and supported his “intense desire” to defend Canadian values.

“Valerie and I would like to express how very proud we are of our son Brandon, who has made the choice to go to Iraq as an independent volunteer to join with the Kurdish people in the fight against the Islamic State,” Michael Glossop said in a statement.

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Brandon Glossop, 26, left Edmonton last Monday to join Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. He flew to northern Iraq and has since crossed into Syria with the Kurdish YPG militia, according to a friend.

The former member of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry is the second Canadian veteran known to have volunteered to fight ISIS alongside Kurdish forces, after Ontario’s Dillon Hiller.

“As parents it is difficult to describe our emotions but we support and honor Brandon’s intense desire to uphold our Canadian values and freedom as he did when he was with PPCLI as a Corporal and especially when he went on his Tour of duty to Afghanistan,” the parents wrote.