A WOMAN from Darwen who is believed to have became the first British female to join the fight against ISIS has spoken of her fear that she will be arrested and held indefinitely when she returns home

Maths graduate Kimberley Taylor travelled to Syria earlier this year to join the YPJ, the female brigade of Kurdish military organisation the People’s Protection Units.

Now a ‘peace deal’ has been brokered with ISIS fighters Ms Taylor said she wants to return back to East Lancashire but it worried about repercussions.

Ms Taylor, also known as Kimmie, or Zilan Dilmar, said: “I don’t really care so much if I’m arrested and then released, it’s just a problem how long they will keep me on bail for and what conditions they will keep me under,” she said.

“It’s like I can’t go back to my own country, because I decided to fight in a democratic women’s army, in a land full of Daesh (ISIS).

“I don’t morally or politically accept that, and I think they should change what they’re doing, because I want to go home.”

Speaking about her time in Syria, Ms Taylor said: “She said: “We’ve made a new system, a new way of democracy that includes every ethnicity, every religion, and empowers women at the same time.

“This is what we’re doing in all the liberated villages and cities that we’re taking.

“I saw the impact that the political and social revolution has been having here on women especially. This is the biggest part. This is why I am here.”

The UK government has previously warned people not to travel to Syria and that anyone going abroad to fight for a foreign militia will face questioning when they return.

It will then be up to the police and crown prosecution service as to whether they are prosecuted.

A Home Office spokesman said: “The UK advises against all travel to Syria and parts of Iraq. Anyone who does travel to these areas, for whatever reason, is putting themselves in considerable danger.

“Everyone who returns from taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq must expect to be investigated by the police to determine if they have committed criminal offences, and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to our national security.”