A British jihadi whose two brothers have been killed fighting in Syria has said he is ignoring pleas from his father to return home and will continue to battle pro-Bashar al-Assad forces “till death”.
Amer Deghayes, 20, the last surviving member of a group of four jihadis from Brighton who secretly travelled to Syria this year to fight for al-Qaida-affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, told the Guardian: “I didn’t come here ... [for the] experience,” adding that he was praying for his “ending to be the best martyrdom in the front lines”.