Ex-Australian soldier fighting in Syria
AAP
A former Australian soldier who fled to war-torn Afghanistan more than a decade ago may now be training fighters against Western forces in Syria.
Al-Qaeda's latest online magazine about Syria includes an article on a member known as Usama Hamza Australi, believed to be Australian Mathew Stewart.
In the article Australi says he is from Queensland and is now working as a military trainer with the al-Qaeda-linked group Jabhat Al Nusrah.
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The Australian Federal Police say they do not comment on specific security or intelligence matters.
Anyone fighting with, providing material support to or associating with a terrorist group is committing a serious crime and will be subject to the law, the AFP said on Tuesday.
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