Former soldier ‘fought against ISIS with Kurds’

A former British Army soldier accused of funding terrorism after fighting against ISIS with Kurdish militia forces in Syria has appeared in court. Daniel Burke, 32, joined the Kurdish YPG independence movement before allegedly trying to help fellow recruit Daniel Newey, 27, return to Syria to re-enter the war. Daniel’s father Paul Newey, 49, and brother Samuel Newey, 19, are also accused of funding him while he battled the extremist death cult. Burke left the army in 2009 after two…