AFP - Western Muslims fighting in Syria are emerging from the shadows and using social media to share their experiences of the conflict and encourage others to join them.
On sites including Twitter, blogging platform Tumblr and the question-and-answer site Ask.fm, the young men are providing an unusual insight into one aspect of the brutal war.
They describe what they miss about home and what they ate for lunch, and extol the virtues of fighting with groups that Western governments deem "terrorist" organisations.