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New footage posted online suggests that British citizens fighting in Syria have been involved in acts of execution and torture.

The footage obtained by the Sky News on Monday, shows British members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front torturing and beating their fellow militants.

The video, which first appeared on social media websites, is believed to have been shot in a militant-held area in northwestern Syria.

The material is also found to be uploaded onto the accounts of two men from London who are currently fighting as militants in Syria.

The London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) said the footage serves as a further sign of a worrisome trend, proving that British militants have engaged in serious acts of violence in the Arab country.

The ICSR released a report three months ago, indicating that between 3,300 and 11,000 militants from over 70 countries have been fighting against the Syrian government from late 2011 to December 10, 2013. It also estimated that some eighty percent of the foreign militants are Arabs and Europeans, mostly from France and Britain.

Moreover, UK intelligence sources told the Daily Telegraph in December last year that from among the 1,000 Westerners fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over 300 are British nationals.

Syria has been gripped by deadly crisis since 2011.
According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside the Arab country.