Iraqi security forces leave a military base as Kurdish forces take over control in Kirkuk June 11, 2014.
Iraqi security forces leave a military base as Kurdish forces take over control in Kirkuk June 11, 2014. Baghdadwill cooperate with Kurdish forces to try to drive militants out of Mosul, Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday, a day after an al Qaeda splinter group seized the country's second biggest city. REUTERS

A Canadian woman based in Israel has joined the Kurdish militia, fighting against the Islamic State militants in Syria. This was reported by Channel 10 TV of Israel, which said Gill Rosenberg, 31, left for Iraq some 10 days ago.

The woman had worked for the Isreal Defense Forces for two years. In Canada, she was working as a pilot before joining the Israeli military. The report also mentioned about Rosenberg's imprisonment in the U.S, for a crime related to a telemarketing scam, reported The Star. .

Justifies Decision

Rosenberg told Israel Radio that she contacted the Kurdish fighters through Facebook. "I was with the guerrillas in the mountains for a few days and then crossed the border. They are our brothers. They are good people. They love life, a lot like us, really", she said. It was her justification for joining the combat zone in northern Syria.

Israel's Haaretz News reported Gill Rosenberg as a resident of Tel Aviv. It said she is now travelling throughout Northern Iraq to train Kurds fighters, including women, at their various camps on the Syrian border. The report also threw more details indicating Rosenberg's tumultuous life before she chose move into the trenches of northern Syria.

Jailed in America

In 2009, Rosenberg was arrested in a joint FBI-Israel Police operation for being part of a fraud ring that swindled money from elderly American people pretending as lottery dealers. She served a jail term in the U.S. for that. According to Walla News, Rosenberg became Aliyah in 2006 and left the career as a civilian pilot and worked for the Israel Defense Forces for two years.

Israel mainatins cordial military and business ties with the Kurds. It sees the minority ethnic group a buffer against "Arab adversaries". To prevent the spillover from the Syrian civil war, Israel has been maintaining a strict vigil on its Arab minority whose many members have been volunteering to fight with Islamic State and other rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad's rule. Israel has banned its citizens from travelling to enemy states including Syria and Iraq. But there has been no official word so far, whether Rosenberg would face prosecution, if she returns to Israel.