Revealed: Chilling ISIS recruitment video features 20-year-old medical student from Cardiff as his family say they are heartbroken that he and 17-year-old brother have gone to fight in Syria

  • British jihadist who featured in the video named as Nasser Muthana
  • Is a 20-year-old medical student from Cardiff and has gone to Syria
  • Went to the country with his 17-year-old brother Aseel Muthana
  • Family say they are heartbroken and currently have no contact with them
  • Older brother featured in a chilling ISIS recruitment video
  • In the video, two of the men claim to be British, while two say they are from Australia
  • They plead with Muslims to travel to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS militants
  • Tell viewers they are 'going to die anyway' and say must make sacrifices
  • Also describe ISIS' brutal campaign in Iraq and Syria as 'golden times'

By John Hall and Jennifer Newton
Published: 05:32 EST, 20 June 2014 | Updated: 13:56 EST, 20 June 2014


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A young British jihadist who featured in a chilling recruitment video urging Muslims to join them in Iraq and Syria have been revealed to be a 20-year-old medical student from Cardiff.

Nasser Muthana can be seen in the footage wearing a white turban and is labelled in the video as 'Brother Abu Muthanna Yemeni from Britain'.

His heartbroken family from the Cardiff area told ITV News that his 17-year-old brother Aseel Muthana is with him too and that the pair went to Syria because 'they feel guilty' about the country.

ITV News has also been told that police visited the family two weeks ago and that is when they found out the brothers had gone.
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Recruiting: Three men in the video identify themselves as Abu Muthana Al Yemeni (centre), who has been revealed to be a 20-year-old medical student from Cardiff, Abu Bara' Al Hindi (right) and Abu Dujana Al Hindi (left). They all claim to have come from Britain and speak with English accents

A spokesperson for the Muthana family said: 'They are not happy with Nasser going. We didn’t know he was going. We wouldn’t let him go if we knew.

'My family were more devastated that Aseel went. It is heartbreaking because we don’t know if we will see them again.


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'Currently we don’t know where they are and we don’t have contact with them.

'Nasser and Aseel went because they feel guilty about Syria but we were surprised they were talking about those things we saw on YouTube. Both were pious and religious and interested in the faith.'

The 13-minute video, which features the older brother is professionally shot and edited, and shows a group of young men sitting in a circle, holding weapons and reciting militant Islamist slogans and passages from the Qur'an.




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Encouragement: At several points the man identifying himself as Abu Bara' Al Hindi claims joining ISIS will alleviate the stress and 'depression' of living in the West



Three British militants call for others to join the fight in Iraq





The video - which is titled 'There is No Life Without Jihad' - appears to have been professionally edited, and was published on YouTube by ISIS' Al Hayat Media Center.

Among those speaking on the video are men identifying themselves as Abu Muthana Al Yemeni, and Abu Bara' Al Hindi - both of whom claim to have travelled to the Middle East from Britain.
Another man, Abu Dujana Al Hindi, also says he is from Britain - with all three speaking in clear English accents.
The footage is intersected with sections of music and religious chanting, as the men instruct viewers to leave their lives in the West behind and join ISIS' brutal campaign in Iraq and Syria.
The men appear to be sat in a lush grove while they speak - the greenery juxtaposing the terror, death and brutality the militant group has brought to parts of Syria and Iraq in recent weeks.




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Propaganda: Among those speaking in the video is a man identifying himself as Abu Muthana Al Yemeni (right) - who claims to have travelled to the Middle East from Britain




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Global: Another man making an appearance in the chilling video is Abu Yahya ash Shami (pictured) - who speaks with a strong Australian accent


44 WORKERS KIDNAPPED BY ISIS 'RELEASED' AFTER NEGOTIATIONS

A group of 44 workers who were kidnapped by ISIS in northern Iraq have been released after four days captive, a Turkish diplomat claims.
The hostages, of various nationalities, were captured on Tuesday after militants raided a construction site of a hospital near Kirkuk.
Following days of negotiations, the deputy security chief of Kirkuk secured their release and they are now travelling to a safe house, according to reports.
The workers - believed to be from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Turkmenistan - were captured as the extremists continued their sweep down towards Baghdad.
On Thursday, Turkey's foreign office told all citizens to leave Iraq as a further 80 Turkish nationals were kidnapped by militants.


At several points the man identifying himself as Abu Bara' Al Hindi claims joining the group will alleviate the stress and 'depression' of living in the West.
'Are you willing to sacrifice the job you've got, the big car you've got, the family you have? Are you willing to sacrifice this, for the sake of Allah?,' he says.
'Then definitely, if you sacrifice something for Allah, Allah will give you 700 times more than this,' he adds.
Another man making an appearance in the video is Abu Yahya ash Shami - who speaks with a strong Australian accent.
The video was heavily promoted by supporters of ISIS on Twitter this morning, as they launched a massive propaganda drive across social media.
Using the hashtag #AllEyesOnIsis, hundreds of accounts were encouraged to post messages of support for the brutal Islamist group.
In an uncontrollable stunt - that cannot be moderated or blocked - extremist fighters vow to 'spread the truth' behind their brutal attacks that even Al Qaeda have condemned.
It comes just hours after President Barack Obama announced plans to unleash air strikes on Iraq as world leaders warn of 'a catastrophe of unprecedented scale'.
Twitter refused to speak about ISIS' propaganda drive on the social media site this morning. Nobody from the Home Office or Scotland Yard was available to comment.



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Message: The 13-minute video is professionally shot and edited, and shows a group of young men sitting in a circle holding weapons, while reciting Islamist slogans and passages from the Qur'an






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Jihad: The professionally-edited footage is intersected with music and religious chanting, with the men instructing viewers to leave behind their lives in the West and join their brutal campaign in Iraq and Syria


'WE LOVE YOU ISIS': FROM USA TO ROME TO AUSTRALIA - DISTURBING NOTES FROM EVERY CONTINENT SHOW GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR ISLAMIST MILITANTS

Twitter users across the world have pledged their allegiance to ISIS in slew of disturbing posts to the extremist group.
The Jihadis launched a blitzkrieg hit on the site at 10.30am, vowing to 'spread the truth' behind their brutal attacks that even Al Qaeda have condemned.


Messages of support for ISIS were sent from all over the world this morning - including the Colosseum in Rom




Using the hash tag #AllEyesOnIsis, extremist fighters flooded the social media site with propaganda, luring vulnerable people to join them in Iraq.
And within minutes, their stunt - which Twitter is powerless to block or moderate - was met with chilling messages of support from countries all over the globe - from Rome to Australia, Switzerland to America, Kenya to Nepal.
It comes just hours after President Barack Obama announced plans to unleash air strikes on Iraq as world leaders warn of 'a catastrophe of unprecedented scale'.


Threat: Another message support the Islamic extremists was posted several thousand feet in the air from within an airplane




Concern: One particularly chilling note - apparently sent from Kosovo - was written in childish handwriting in what appeared to be a school exercise book


In a manifesto for the 'storm', released this morning, ISIS members vowed to describe ISIS, give answers to 'allegations against ISIS', and tweet speeches by their leaders.
In one chilling tweet, a member wrote: 'Today is dedicated to giving support to Isis here in Tweeter. The English hash tag is: #AllEyesOnIsis'.
They aim to translate everything into English, sparking fears that British internet users will be the targets of the storm.