*Shurooq Al-Mehaini could **t bear to see a picture of her two sons carrying assault rifles and bombs after they had allegedly joined the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), formerly k**wn as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Photos showing Abed Al-Shayeq, 11, and Ahmed Al-Shayeq, 10, posing with their
father in front of an IS banner have been widely shared on social media, days after their
Mother resorted to Twitter to voice her concerns. The boys were accompanied by their
father who abducted and sneaked them out of the Kingdom to Turkey, from where they reportedly crossed into Syria. The
Mother received a text-message from the
father asking her to consider her children "birds in paradise," a phrase used to describe "martyred" children.
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