Macer Gifford, 28, said he had joined the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) with whom he served before.
He realised he would be putting his life at risk once again but said he believed it was worth it.
"As a civilian, as a human being, we are fighting against a vicious ideology killing thousands of people.
"The people of Syria I stand totally behind and I want to see safe and secure.
"I will do anything I can in my power to support them."
Mr Gifford was speaking after it emerged Britain has carried out just four air strikes in Syria since MPs voted to extend military action to the country.
According to the Ministry of Defence, there have been three manned attacks, all on the Omar oilfield on Syria's eastern border with Iraq.
They were undertaken on 2, 4 and 6 December, just days after the Commons vote.
The most recent attack was an unmanned drone strike on a checkpoint south of Raqqa on Christmas Day.
Asked about the vote, Mr Gifford (his nom de guerre, not his real name) commented: "It all turned out to be a bit of a damp squib.
"At the end of the day air strikes only go so far, they can only slice away at the problem.
"If we seriously want to defeat IS and build a future for Syria we can all believe in, then we need to be supporting people on the ground."
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