A 16-year-old boy whose two elder brothers have been killed waging jihad in war-torn Syria has been barred by a High Court judge from travelling abroad.

Mr Justice Hayden made the teenager a ward of court - a move which bars him from leaving the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

The judge made the ruling at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London after local authority social services staff raised fears that the teenager could travel to Syria.

He said the youngster could not be named.

But he said the local authority which had applied for the teenager to be made a ward of court was Brighton and Hove City Council.

A lawyer representing the council said the teenager's family had an "extraordinary history".

Barrister Martin Downs said the boy had an uncle who had been held in United States' detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He said three of the boy's brothers had gone to fight for the al-Nusra Front - a group with links to al-Qaeda.

Two had died when both in their teens - the third had been wounded but was still fighting in Syria.

A friend of the teenager had also been killed in fighting.

The judge, who said the four fighters could not be named, added: "The local authority's anxiety here is that (the teenager) may wish to follow the path which his brothers have walked."