Accused Australian teen in Syria 'running life-saving aid into Aleppo'
3/4/2016
A photo posted by Oliver Bridgeman to his Facebook page on 29 February (Oliver Bridgeman)
Aid workers say Oliver Bridgeman is risking life to deliver vital supplies into Aleppo after Australia cancels his passport and issues arrest warrant
An Australian teenager in Syria who faces arrest if he returns home is running life-saving humanitarian supplies to stranded civilians in the city of Aleppo for British charities, aid workers have told Middle East Eye.
The Australian Federal Police on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for 19-year-old Oliver Bridgeman, who has been in northern Syria since last April, and said it suspected he had gone to the country “with the intention of engaging in hostile activities”.
The announcement came days after the Australian government cancelled Bridgeman’s passport.
But Bridgeman, a Muslim convert who has taken the name Yusuf, says he is in Syria to do aid work.
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