Missing Sydney teen resurfaces in IS group video

Sydney;

A  teenager who ran away from Australia
to join jihadists in Iraq and  Syria has
reappeared months later in a video
of the Islamic State group,vowing
to "not stop fighting "reports said.

The 17 year-old named in local media
as Abdullah Elmir but who calls himself
"Abu Khaled" carried a riffle and directly
addressed Australian Prime Minister Tony
Abbott in the video reportedly posted online
the Sydney Morning Herald said.

"To Tony Abbott ,I  say this ,These weapon
that we have ,these solders ,we will not stop
fighting "said Elmir ,whose family is from
southwestern Sydney suburb of Bankstown.

A spokesman for the prime minister said in
a statement the video showed the treat posed
by the Islamic State group,also known as ISIL.

Australia raised it terror threat level in September
to "high"after years on "medium" on growing
concern about returning jihadists  ,while Abbott
has warned that those fighting with extremist
could face lengthy jail term if they come home.

Several men were arrested in counter-terrorism,
raids in September and charged with recruiting
One of them was last week facing fresh charges
of preparing a terrotist attack on home soil.

Australia has also joined the US led international
coalition against the Islamic State Group,with its
combat aircraft conducting their first air strikes
in Iraq in early October.