[MSN] Volunteers from dozens of countries around the world have flocked to join the ranks of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The United Nations says more than 25,000 of these so-called foreign fighters have answered the extremists' call. But other foreigners -- though far fewer in number -- have also traveled to the front lines to do battle with ISIS. And that includes an American named Matthew VanDyke.
VanDyke says he has founded a group called the Sons of Liberty in order to, in his words, "provide free consulting and training to Iraqi Christians who are fighting against ISIS."
With the help of US military veterans, VanDyke says he is working with Christians from the Iraqi province of Nineveh to build a force to defend their lands against the extremists of ISIS. In the future, VanDyke says he hopes to start providing non-lethal equipment to Christian militiamen, so they can go on the offensive to re-capture territory seized by ISIS fighters in Iraq.
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