Soldier fought in Syria after he was given passport back

A British man travelled to Syria to fight with the Kurds against Islamic State after Prevent officers gave him his passport back, a court heard. Aiden James, 28, travelled to the Middle East in August 2017 to fight for the People’s Protection Units militia (YPG). He was first contacted by police months earlier, in April, when a Prevent case was opened after they spotted Facebook posts in which the father-of-one declared his intention of fighting against ‘the sick regime and…