Abdullah Deghayes
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Abdullah Deghayes was an 18-year-old youth from the United Kingdom who is reported to have died during the conflict in Syria.[1][2][3] Deghayes's father stated the family did not know Deghayes and two of his brothers had traveled to Syria, but he expressed support for their intentions. His father said Abdullah and his 15-year-old brother Jafar had traveled to Syria in January, and that he had traveled to Turkey to try to convince them not to put themselves at risk.
Amer, his 20-year-old brother had also traveled to Syria, and had been wounded.[2]
Omar Deghayes, an uncle, was held, for years, without every being charged, in the United States' notorious Guantanamo Bay detention camps.[2]
References
- ↑ Frank Gardner (2014-04-18). "Brighton teenager Abdullah Deghayes killed in Syria". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419014113/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-27076266. "He said: "As far as I know, Abdullah went to Syria - without my consent or his mother's consent - to fight in Syria against the dictator [President Bashar al-Assad]."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Belinda Robinson (2014-04-18). "'My son is a martyr,' says father of British teenager, 18, killed as he fought 'jihad' in Syria with his two brothers, 16 and 20". Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015448/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607592/British-university-student-killed-fighting-Jihad-Syria-uncle-Guantanamo-Bay-detainee-Omar-Deghayes.html. "The father of a British teenager killed in Syria has described him as a 'martyr' as he revealed he tried to convince him not to fight in the war-torn country. Abdullah Deghayes, 18, from Brighton, whose uncle is a former Guantanamo detainee, is believed to have died earlier this month after leaving the UK in January."
- ↑ Charlie Cooper, Jack Simpson (2014-04-18). "Abdullah Deghayes killed in Syria conflict: My son the martyr, by father of British teenager". The Independent (UK). Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015818/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/abdullah-deghayes-killed-in-syria-conflict-my-son-the-martyr-by-father-of-british-teenager-9269885.html. "Abdullah Deghayes, who left the UK for Syria with his 16-year-old brother Jaffar in January, is thought to have been killed in combat within the past few weeks, shortly after his 18th birthday. His older brother, Amer, 20, who is understood to have gone to fight in Syria after joining an aid convoy to the region last year, has also been wounded, the boys' father Abubaker Deghayes said."
