The Islamic State in Aleppo released a new propaganda video on November 7 in which the jihadist group repeated claims of responsibility for downing of the Russian passenger plane over Sinai in retaliation for 'Russian atrocities' in Syria.

The Islamic State in Aleppo released a new propaganda video on November 7 in which the jihadist group repeated claims of responsibility for downing of the Russian passenger plane over Sinai in retaliation for 'Russian atrocities' in Syria.

ISLAMIC State in Aleppo released a new propaganda video on November 7 in which the jihadist group repeated claims of responsibility for downing of the Russian aeroplane over Sinai in retaliation for “Russian atrocities” in Syria.

The clip, entitled Healing souls to kill Russians, is dominated by scenes of destruction and civilian casualties, allegedly caused by Russian jets and long-range Russian missiles bombing Syrian towns.

Five people speaking in thick northern Syrian accents appear briefly to thank Islamic Sate and congratulate its “lion fighters” in “Wilayat Sinai” for “the heroic achievement” that avenged “Russian barbarism” in the northern Syrian towns, including Manbej, Al-Bab and Aleppo.

The video makes visual links between the Russian occupation of Afghanistan and “the Russian crusaders” in Syria, aiding the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad after “the Majous and Rawafidah” — a derogatory term for Iranians — had failed.

The clear message of the video is stressed by the appearance of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi vowing revenge in due course.

“As you kill,” the narrator of the video, who speaks with a Saudi Arabian accent, says, “thou shalt be killed”.

He continues: “Never will we let infidels and communists have peace and security, until all Muslim countries enjoy peace and security.”

The narrator concludes: “We shot it down, so rage as you will,” and promising to reveal details about when and how in due course.

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The video was published on the hosting site Isdarat, which is commonly used by Islamic State for the dissemination of their propaganda videos.

Despite the terrorist group’s claim, Egypt on Saturday pushed back against suspicions that the plane was bombed, saying the disaster probe had yet to establish a hypothesis.

Nearly 2,000 British holiday-makers stranded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh were returning home on Saturday after days of uncertainty following the Sinai plane crash.

Britain suspended flights to the Red Sea resort on Wednesday, saying it feared a bomb may have brought down the Russian jet that crashed after taking off from there last week, killing 224 people, and due to concerns about security at the airport.

Nine flights carrying 1,945 people were coming back to Britain on Saturday, according to transport officials -- two easyJet, two Monarch, two Thomson, two Thomas Cook and one British Airways.

But the British government warned that some tourists may have to stay on longer in the resort before they can be flown home.

“With a limited number of flights able to leave Sharm el-Sheikh each day for the UK, it is likely that tour operators or airlines will advise some people to extend their stay at their resort,” a government spokesman said.

“We understand that tour operators and airlines are working to ensure that, where people need to extend their stay at their resort, necessary costs will be covered.”

There were estimated to be as many as 20,000 Britons in Sharm el-Sheikh when the jet crashed just over a week ago, and the repatriation process could take days.

The first eight flights, carrying around 1,500 travellers, returned to Britain on Friday after restrictions were lifted, but tourists were only allowed to bring carry-on bags, with check-in bags due to be flown back later.

Eleven British aircraft are on standby in Cyprus to help airlift thousands of British tourists from Sharm el-Sheikh as part of a British evacuation plan, airport authorities said.

“There seems to be difficulty in serving a large number of aircraft from the airport of Sharm el-Sheikh,” said airports communication manager Adamos Aspris.

Marc Standen, who arrived back in Britain Saturday after a holiday which had been due to end Thursday, said security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport was still poor.

“They did a semi-pat down inside and we took our shoes off. I don’t think it was very thorough. It was madness. Their security is terrible and they are completely overwhelmed,” he added.

Russia has halted flights to Sharm el-Sheikh.