Isis has released a new propaganda video claiming to show a terror training camp for children dubbed jihadist “cubs”.
Around 80 boys are seen standing in formation in a courtyard as they perform exercises and chant “Allahu Akbar!” to a commander’s orders.
They are dressed in combat gear and wearing black headbands styled after the militant group’s black flag.
Some of the conscripts are believed to be as young as five and the group could include the foreign sons of fighters who left their home countries to join Isis’ bloody campaign to establish a hardline Islamic “caliphate”. A still of an Isis video called A still of an Isis video called "Al-Farouq Institute for Cubs" claiming to show a children's terror training camp
Other parts of the nine-minute footage explore the alleged camp, showing the boys, praying, reciting verses from the Koran and discussing Islam.
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The video could not be independently verified but is believed to have been recorded at a terror training camp called the Al-Farouq Institute for Cubs, in the Isis stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, the Site Intelligence Group reported.
A man claiming to be an instructor featured in the video told NBC News the boys had moved into the second level of training after completing the four-month entry round, saying they were the next generation of Isis.
The group is known to recruit children from its strongholds under duress to train them as soldiers and use them as human shields, suicide bombers and enforcers.
A video released by Isis last month appeared to show a child soldier shooting dead two prisoners accused of spying for Russia and a previous propaganda video showed the "Cubs of the Caliphate" at a camp near Damascus.
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