Missing Sydney Teen Resurfaces in ’ISIL’ Group Video

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A teenager who ran away from Australia to join extremists in Iraq and Syria has reappeared months later in a video of the "ISIL" group, vowing to "not stop fighting", reports said Tuesday.

The 17-year-old, named in local media as Abdullah Elmir but who calls himself "Abu Khaled", carried a rifle and directly addressed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in the video reportedly posted online, the Sydney Morning Herald said.

"To Tony Abbott, I say this. These weapons that we have, these soldiers, we will not stop fighting," said Elmir, whose family is from the southwestern Sydney suburb of Bankstown.

He further added: "We will not put down our weapons until we reach your lands and until we take the head of every tyrant and until the black flag [of the "ISIL"] is flying high in every single land."
A spokesman for the prime minister said in a statement the video showed the threat posed by the "ISIL" group, also known as "ISIL".

"As the Prime Minister has said on many occasions, "ISIL" is a threat that reaches out to Australia and our allies and partners," the spokesman said.
In parallel, he mentioned: "That is why Australia has joined the coalition to disrupt and degrade "ISIL" in Iraq and is giving our law enforcement and security agencies the powers and resources they need to keep Australia and Australians as safe as possible."

Australia raised its terror threat level in September to "high" after years on "medium" on growing concern about returning extremists, while Abbott has warned that those fighting with extremists could face lengthy jail terms if they come home.

Elmir was reported to have left his family home in June, telling his family he was going fishing before later calling his mother to tell her he was in Turkey about to "cross the border".

The lawyer representing the family said at the time that his mother believed her son was going to Iraq.

The teenager reportedly left the country with a 16-year-old boy called "Feiz" who was found by his father and brought back to Australia.

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