A Canadian resident who fought in Syria says almost nothing that has been said about the death of a Canadian citizen there was true.

The finding is at odds with the autopsy report written last month by an Iraqi doctor, who concluded Nazzareno Tassone had been struck in the back of the head by a “heavy solid instrument.”

The mother of a Canadian killed while secretly fighting Islamic State militants in Syria says she's relieved she'll finally be able to lay her son to rest months after his death.

Tina Martino of Niagara Falls, Ont., says she has not yet been able to see the remains of her 24-year-old son, Nazzareno Tassone.

Tina Martino says an autopsy report she received last week concluded her 24-year-old son, Nazzareno Tassone, died from a blow to the head, not a gunshot wound as she had previously been told.

The remains of Nazzareno Tassone, 24, have finally been recovered at a site in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa where he died secretly fighting against Islamic State militants last year

The mother of a Canadian man killed fighting Islamic State militants in northern Syria is questioning why her son's body still hasn't been recovered when the remains of a British fighter who died on the same day were on the way to the United Kingdom.

An Ontario man who died fighting Islamic State militants in northern Syria was remembered as a hero by members of Canada's Kurdish community who gathered Monday in Ottawa to honour him.

Negotiations are underway to recover the body of a Canadian man killed while fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, a leader of Toronto's Kurdish community said Thursday.