A convicted member of Canada's most notorious terror plot has reportedly died while fighting in Syria, underlining the growing reality that Canada is not separate from the rest of the world in the eyes of extremists.

Ali Mohamed Dirie was sentenced to seven years in 2009 for his role in the "Toronto 18" terror plot to kill the prime minister and blow up the Parliament buildings.

CBC News was first to report, via various sources, that Dirie died recently while fighting with an extremist group in Syria.

Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs told the network that it had no evidence of Canadians who have died in Syria, but a source inside the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has said Dirie was able to leave Canada in 2012, presumably without using his official passport.

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