Macer Gifford is a former currency trader who volunteered to fight for the Kurdish People's Defense Units, or YPG, against the Islamic State in 2015, and for the Ukrainian army against Russia in ...

Macer Gifford, the nom de guerre of Harry Rowe, a former currency trader who joined the Ukrainian army in 2022, became one of the most recognizable figures supporting the country's defense.

Macer Gifford, 30, has been in Syria since 2015 and is battling to liberate the city of Raqqa from the terror group AN ex-banker fighting ISIS in Syria has said he's ...

A video still of Macer Gifford, real name Harry Rowe, in a semi-ruined building in Ukraine.Courtesy of Harry Rowe/Macer Gifford ...

Macer Gifford is a former currency trader who volunteered to fight for the Kurdish People's Defense Units, or YPG, against the Islamic State in 2015, and for the Ukrainian army against Russia in 2022.

An international volunteer who fought in Ukraine said his unit vowed never to be taken alive by Russia. Macer Gifford told BI that Putin sees this as a "war of annihilation," with tactics taken from ...