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    ISIS Just Got A New Spokesman And It's A 17-Year-Old From Australia

    "Until we put the black flag on top of Buckingham Palace, until we put the black flag on top of the White House, we will not stop."

    A 17-year-old boy from the suburbs of Sydney has become the latest spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in a highly produced propaganda video released on to YouTube.

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    The boy, identified in the video as Abu Khaled, and flanked by other young-looking men, addresses the camera, and in several intercut rants threatens to kill "tyrants" from the US, the UK, and "especially Australia".

    "To the leaders, to Obama, to Tony Abbott, I say this: These weapons that we have, these soldiers, we will not stop fighting, we will not put down our weapons until we reach your lands, until we take the head of every tyrant and until the black flag is flying high in every single land," he said in the video, which has since been removed from YouTube.

    ABC News reported that the spokesman is Abdullah Elmir, who went missing from west Sydney four months ago with a 16-year-old friend. Elmir seems to have quickly climbed the ranks of ISIS, while the other boy was "intercepted" by his father.

    Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said the latest video "highlights the threat posed" by ISIS.

    Shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfuss told ABC News: "It is tragic that a misguided young Australian has become caught overseas up in this terrorist cause."

    In the 90-second video, Khaled said the goal of ISIS is to "put the black flag on top of Buckingham Palace. Until we’ve put the black flag on top of the White House, we will not stop and we will keep on fighting".

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    The video is the fourth episode in the series Message of the Mujahid, and shows the young men looking around awkwardly while Khaled addresses multiple cameras.

    Also, there is a guy up the back who can't figure out what shoulder his gun goes on.