Get him an air ticket to Turkey, there are some fairly easy ways of getting from there into Syria, and he should ask for Mr. Al-Baghdadi when he gets there. And if by chance he wanders into the Kurdish zone, then tell him to enjoy his time in jail.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.