He met Paolo Andolina, an Italian activist and anarchist who had fought against the Islamic State with YPG International.

[5] Upon finishing his military training, Orsetti joined a military formation organised by the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist[6] and then fought during the Battle of Afrin[7] against the Turkish Army and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army's jihadists with other internationalists as part of TİKKO and AFFA (Anti-Fascist Forces in Afrin).

[9] The letter states "I don’t have regrets, I died doing what I thought was the right thing, defending the weakest, and being loyal to my ideals of justice, equality, and freedom.

"[10] When announcing his death, his comrades shared Orsetti's last will in which he explained why he had decided to travel to Syria and his ideological motives.

The motion was proposed by left-wing municipal councillors and opposed by the right-wing Lega Nord with the abstention of nationalist party Brothers of Italy, who disagreed with calling him a partisan and with the depiction of him as a hero.