A British-Chinese serving in a Kurdish militia has captured the attention of social media with a recent series of selfies revealing his daily experiences in Syria.Huang Lei, 23, is one of hundreds of international fighters helping Kurdish forces engage the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in northern Syria, near the border of Turkey.

The photos, posted on his Sina Weibo account @LeiG7, show Huang with other volunteers from around the world serving in the YPG, a Kurdish militia that provides security in most of Syria’s Kurdish areas. 

Born in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Huang moved to Britain as a child. After studying at the University of Manchester. Huang joined the fight with the Kurds in March. 

"I saw a Kurdish woman strapped with explosives run towards ISIS militants to save her homeland," said Huang.