The infant son of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who left London to join ISIS in Syria, has died.
Begum, whose first two children also died apparently from illness and malnutrition, was stripped of her British citizenship last month on security grounds after she was discovered in a detention camp in Syria.
The 19-year-old left London to join the extremist group when she was 15. She had sought to return to Europe with her third child, who was born about three weeks ago.
Spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mustafa Bali said Friday the child had died.
The London-based lawyer of Begum’s family said the baby's death had been confirmed, after saying earlier that there were strong but still unconfirmed reports of the infant's death.
The cause of death was pneumonia, according to a medical certificate, the BBC reported.
The teen has said in media interviews her son was named Jarrah.
Begum married Yago Riedijk, a Dutch militant who surrendered to Syrian fighters and was being held in a Kurdish detention center in northeastern Syria.
A British government spokesman said: "The death of any child is tragic and deeply distressing for the family.
"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has consistently advised against travel to Syria since April 2011. The government will continue to do whatever we can to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and traveling to dangerous conflict zones."
