An official informed his family that he had died from causes that were 'unclear'.
The rights group on Monday cited family members as saying an Australian government official had informed them Yusuf Zahab, who would have been 18 in April, had died from causes that were"unclear".
A spokesperson for the department did not specifically reply to a question from Reuters about whether a government official had informed the family of the death. HRW cited a statement from a family representative saying Zahab was brought to Syria by older relatives at age 11. In 2019, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces captured him and other family members during an offensive against ISIS.
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