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Dead Syria fighters' brother, 16, banned from travel
Rebel fighters in a village north of Aleppo in Syria The boy's brothers were killed fighting in Syria's civil war
A 16-year-old boy whose two elder brothers were killed fighting in Syria's civil war has been barred from travelling abroad.
Mr Justice Hayden made the boy a ward of court, which bars him from leaving the jurisdiction of England and Wales.
The judge made the ruling in the Family Division of the High Court in London after social services raised fears he could travel to Syria.
He said the teenager could not be named.
But he said the local authority which had applied for the teenager to be made a ward of court was Brighton and Hove City Council.
Lawyers said it was thought to be the first time a family court judge had been asked to take such an approach to prevent a boy going to fight in Syria.
'Extraordinary family'
The court heard staff at the local authority had learned family members were making plans for the teenager to go on a trip to Dubai during the Easter holiday.
The judge said he was concerned to "keep this lad alive" and an order which barred him from travelling abroad was proportionate.
"(The teenager) is a vulnerable young person," he said.
"He has grown up in modern Britain in an extraordinary family - a family where the male members are patently committed to waging jihad in war-torn Syria."
A lawyer representing the council, barrister Martin Downs, said the boy had an uncle who had been held in United States' detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
He said three of the boy's brothers had gone to fight for the al-Nusra Front - a group with links to al-Qaeda.
Two had died when both in their teens, while the third had been wounded but was still fighting in Syria.
A friend of the teenager had also been killed in fighting.
The judge, who said the four fighters could not be named, added: "The local authority's anxiety here is that (the teenager) may wish to follow the path which his brothers have walked."
Rebel fighters in a village north of Aleppo in Syria The boy's brothers were killed fighting in Syria's civil war
A 16-year-old boy whose two elder brothers were killed fighting in Syria's civil war has been barred from travelling abroad.
Mr Justice Hayden made the boy a ward of court, which bars him from leaving the jurisdiction of England and Wales.
The judge made the ruling in the Family Division of the High Court in London after social services raised fears he could travel to Syria.
He said the teenager could not be named.
But he said the local authority which had applied for the teenager to be made a ward of court was Brighton and Hove City Council.
Lawyers said it was thought to be the first time a family court judge had been asked to take such an approach to prevent a boy going to fight in Syria.
'Extraordinary family'
The court heard staff at the local authority had learned family members were making plans for the teenager to go on a trip to Dubai during the Easter holiday.
The judge said he was concerned to "keep this lad alive" and an order which barred him from travelling abroad was proportionate.
"(The teenager) is a vulnerable young person," he said.
"He has grown up in modern Britain in an extraordinary family - a family where the male members are patently committed to waging jihad in war-torn Syria."
A lawyer representing the council, barrister Martin Downs, said the boy had an uncle who had been held in United States' detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
He said three of the boy's brothers had gone to fight for the al-Nusra Front - a group with links to al-Qaeda.
Two had died when both in their teens, while the third had been wounded but was still fighting in Syria.
A friend of the teenager had also been killed in fighting.
The judge, who said the four fighters could not be named, added: "The local authority's anxiety here is that (the teenager) may wish to follow the path which his brothers have walked."
