The story of Yazeed Al-Shuqairan, a Saudi citizen who had left his country to fight with the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS, or “Daesh,” as it is commonly known), was first published in May.

His family hadn’t heard from him from the time he left until his story was published.

Yazeed, 19, had graduated in 2013, but left for Iraq in 2014 carrying the group flag, only to be killed and burned in an unknown place. Like many, Yazeed was not the only Saudi youth leading an undercover life.

The family of Badr Al-Enezi, another Saudi citizen, had also received an anonymous phone call telling them that their son had been killed in Syria and that they would be sent a picture of the “martyr.” But the family still does not know where Badr’s body is buried.

Similarly, two of Yazeed’s cousins had also gone to fight before him and were also killed in places of conflict.

Prominent Saudi sheikhs, including Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mutlaq, adviser to the royal court and a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, have urged Saudi youth not to fall victim to terrorist groups.

Al-Mutlaq had declared in a previous statement that the notion of “jihad” (struggle) has changed with the ever-changing reality of Islamic countries.

Al-Mutlaq had reasserted that Islam does not condone killing or beheading.