An American woman has been killed in Syria fighting for opposition forces, her family have been told by the FBI.
Nicole Mansfield, who was 33 and from Flint in Michigan, converted to Islam about five years ago, her aunt told Reuters news agency.
The family did not know the details of how she died, the agency reported.
State-run TV in Syria showed pictures of a passport and a Michigan driving licence apparently belonging to Ms Mansfield.
The woman's cousin, David Speelman, told the Associated Press that FBI agents had visited the family on Thursday to tell them of Ms Mansfield's death.
The Detroit Free Press reported that Ms Mansfield, who was raised a Baptist, had previously been married to an Arab man, and also had a teenage daughter.
31 May, 2013
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