A serving British soldier reported to have left the country to fight Islamic State has been found, the Defence Secretary has said.
Michael Fallon told MPs the 19-year-old serviceman, who left his army base and travelled to join the Kurds in northern Iraq, was being returned to his unit.
He had said he was joining the Peshmerga in their battle against the extremists because he wanted to help them.
But speaking during Commons defence questions, Mr Fallon said: "The House may also want to know the soldier reported as missing last week has now been located and is being returned to his unit."
The man, who was not named, had told his parents of his plans in a text message last week and had informed friends he intended to spend a year in the region.
He travelled via Dubai telling his family he was taking a holiday there.
He was not officially AWOL as he was on leave.
The soldier has been in the Army since leaving school at 16 and is known to have been been learning Arabic.
One text message to his family said: "I've gone to join the Kurds in Syria and Iraq. I'm with other British people and a Canadian at the moment.
"I don't know how to explain it to you but I really want and need to do this and I will be safe."
Another message said: "I have good skills and I can speak the language I can help these people and help with this fight."
And a third said: "I'm so sorry to put you through this but I do good, I will get in trouble for being AWOL but it's minor and no prison sentence."
It is not the first time Britons have gone to fight with the Peshmerga.
Former public schoolboy Macer Gifford gave up a job in the City to sign up with Kurdish fighters battling IS in northern Syria.
And ex-soldiers Jamie Read and James Hughes told Sky News how they dodged bullets during chaotic patrols with Kurdish forces.
They also said they vowed to kill each other rather than get captured in a death pact.
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