Second Brother From UK Family Killed In Syria

A Brighton teenager dies after joining forces attempting to overthrow the Assad regime, just months after his brother.

A young British Muslim whose brother died fighting in Syria has also been killed, their father has said.

Jaffar Deghayes, 17, is believed to have died at the weekend after leaving his home near Brighton earlier this year in a bid to overthrow Bashar al Assad's government.
His brother, Abdullah, 18, died in Latakia province in April after leaving the UK in January to reportedly take up arms with Jabhat al Nusra, an al Qaeda affiliated group.
On Monday, the pair's brother, Amer, 20, who also travelled to Syria, relayed the news of Jaffar's death to their father, Abubaker Deghayes, back home in Saltdean, East Sussex.

Abdullah Deghayes was killed in Syria in April

Mr Deghayes said: "Amer sent me a message via the internet. All I know is that (Jaffar) was fighting against Assad and was killed in battle.
"I don't know much else. I can only hope and pray to God to accept him and have mercy on him."

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A tribute group was set up to the teenager on Facebook. Posts from friends included: "Today is one of my worse days of my life, waking up to read that one of my brothers (has) gone, yet gone but never forgotten I love you so much mate. R.I.P Jaffar."
Another read: "No matter what people say; we know you were doing what you believed in and paid the ultimate price! R.I.P, you're in paradise with your brother now! Xxx"
Security Minister James Brokenshire told Sky News that his death "underlined the instability, the real risk to anyone who does travel out to the region".
Warning against travelling to Syria, he added: "It does not help the situation there and it puts them at real personal risk and also risk of radicalisation and exploitation even if that may not have been their intent in travelling out."
The Deghayes brothers are the nephew of Omar Deghayes, who was held by the United States as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and 2007 after he was arrested in Pakistan.
Following the death of Abdullah, the teenager's father told Sky News that his son was "no danger" to the UK. He also urged other young men not to travel to Syria to fight, saying the country was in need of political support instead.  

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In May, counter-terrorism officers raided the Deghayes' family home and seized material after a warrant was issued under the 2000 Terrorism Act.
Counter-terrorism investigators have expressed concern about aspiring British jihadis travelling to Syria and becoming radicalised.
It emerged this month that a fourth man from Portsmouth, Hampshire - 19-year-old Muhammad Mehdi Hassan - died fighting in Kobani.
Three others from Portsmouth - Iftekar Jaman, 23, Mamunur Roshid, 24, and Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25 - have also been killed after travelling there in October last year.
Others who have died include one man suspected of carrying out a suicide attack.
Abdul Waheed Majeed, 41, is believed to have driven a lorry to a jail in Aleppo before detonating a bomb in February.