article_snippet.sent: Propaganda prop: Abdullah Elmir, 17, from western Sydney, featured in a high-definition Islamic State broadcast earlier this year .
article_snippet.sent: Elmir, pictured, has not been heard from in IS propaganda since the video's syndication .
article_snippet.sent: Islamic State has been heavily recruiting young Australians to come to the Middle East via online videos .
article_snippet.sent: It is not known what role the young Australian played in Fallujah - the first major city to fall to the Islamic State in 2014, but there is no doubt it was very different to his Australian occupation.
article_snippet.sent: Other young Australians who have fled to Syria include Sydney teenager Abdullah Elmir who recently appeared in an Islamic State recruitment video.