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Two British men jailed after Syria terror trip | |
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Two British men who went to Syria to join rebel fighters have been jailed for 12 years and eight months each. | |
Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed, both aged 22 and from Birmingham, were sentenced for engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. | Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed, both aged 22 and from Birmingham, were sentenced for engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. |
The judge imposed an extended licence period of five years. | The judge imposed an extended licence period of five years. |
Sentencing the pair, Judge Michael Topolski described them as "deeply committed to violent extremism". | |
The two men were arrested by West Midlands Police's counter-terrorism unit at Heathrow Airport on their return to the UK in January. | |
Both men pleaded guilty to to terrorism charges at Woolwich Crown Court in London in July. | |
West Midlands Police said they were first alerted to the case when Sarwar's parents reported him missing last year. | |
The two friends travelled to Syria in May 2013, where they are believed to have spent eight months with the al-Nusra Front, which is a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. | |
Before leaving the UK, Sarwar faked documents to convince his family he was travelling to Turkey as part of a two-week trip organised by Birmingham City University, where he was a student. |