A takeaway manager based in Liverpool is among the British Kurds who have returned to their homeland to fight Isis fundamentalists in Iraq.

Mohammed Abudullah who normally runs a takeaway food store is helping the Peshmerga forces battle the Isis (Islamic State) gunmen accused of several recents atrocities.

Interviewed by Sky News alongside a military tank, the fast food retailer said he felt just as much at ease handling a Kalashnikov rifle as he does running a shop.

Mr Abudullah said: "Actually, I've got a British passport, I've got everything, I've got a life there, I don't need anything but I'm here just for Kurdistan, for Kurdish people, for my family. I don't care if I get killed or not."

Mr Abudullah and his friends took film footage of the battle with Isis in Jalula, northern Iraq. At one stage the Peshmerga are pinned down in a doorway while shots ring out outside. In other footage, the Peshmerga are fighting to keep Isis out of the courtyard of a mobile phone tower.

Mr Abudullah looks uncomfortable as the Peshmerga risk being overwhelmed by much more experienced, much better armed, Isis opponents.

Mr Abudullah said: "My friends have been killed next to me. If people were killed next to you, you are going to be happy? No.

"That's why I feel I need to fight here. I'll fight here until I'm going to die.

"I don't mind. Just my people, are going to be free." Mr Abudullah is not alone in feeling compelled to join the battle.

Leeds man Saman Baqu also came from the UK to join the fight. He has lived in Leeds for 12 years but felt drawn to Iraq after seeing Isis come to kill men, women and children.

He said because of that he could not stay away and was prepared to take up arms to help the Peshmerga.