The father of two British jihadis killed in Syria has criticised the UK Government over its response to the conflict, saying he fears his third son will not come home alive.
Abubaker Deghayes' son Jaffar, 17, has become the youngest Briton to be killed, just months after his brother Abdullah, 18, died while fighting for an Islamist group in Latakia province.
His death has re-ignited concerns about the number of Britons travelling to the Middle East to take up arms.
Mr Deghayes said Jaffar was shot in the head by President Bashar al Assad's forces near Hellebore on the border with Turkey.
The teenager, who is believed to have died at the weekend, left his home in Saltdean, near Brighton, East Sussex, earlier this year to fight for forces trying to overthrow the Syrian leader.
Abdullah left the UK in January to reportedly fight with Jabhat al Nusra, an al Qaeda-linked group.
On Monday, their elder brother, Amer, 20, who also travelled to Syria, told his father about Jaffar's death.
Mr Deghayes told reporters outside his home: "The grief for my sons Jaffar and Abdullah cannot be described. My words fail to describe it.
"I cried my eyes yesterday and I really hope and pray to God that Amer is safe and returns home safe to his homeland, Brighton, where he lived all his life.
"My message is still the same - all young Muslims ... who think to go to Syria out of kindness, out of trying to make a difference, do not go. The Syrians do not need foot fighters.
"They need weapons, they need governments to help them, they need quality weapons to fight the aircrafts of Assad. You can help from here. Do not make this mistake."
In a direct message to Prime Minister David Cameron, he said: "You have stopped me from trying to go there to bring my sons back by keeping my passports for five or six months.
"If I wanted to join the fight in Syria, I could have done that. I have been to that country five or six times and stayed there carrying out aid work.
"The strategy you are using with our sons does not work. You are criminalising them just out of the fear they might become a threat to this country.
"Do not push them to be radicalised, used by groups like Isis who are out for revenge and thirst for blood.
"You should have a strategy where we teach youngsters here in this country to work in relief work and to know and to experience how to help in a civilised manner."
The brothers are the nephew of Omar Deghayes, who was held at Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and 2007 after being arrested in Pakistan.
Counter-terrorism investigators are worried about British jihadis travelling to Syria and becoming radicalised.
It emerged this month that a fourth man from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died fighting in Kobani.
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