He is barely taller than his machine gun and has already earned the nickname 'Al-Chihuahua'.

But that hasn't stopped this three-foot-tall dwarf joining the terror war in Syria, it seems.

The mini jihadi is understood to have enlisted with the Al Qaeda-linked group Jabhat Al-Nusra which is fighting the Assad regime and the Islamic State.

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The long and the short of it: This three-foot-tall dwarf has apparently joined the Al Qaeda-linked terror group Jabhat Al-Nusra, part of a coalition of rebels fighting the Syrian regime and the Islamic State

Jihadi cool: The images were shared on Twitter by Leith Abou Fadel, editor-in-Chief of the English-language Arabic news website Al-Masdar News, but have not been independently verified by MailOnline

Pictures posted online show him standing with his Kalashnikov assault rifle in camouflage uniform and an ammunition belt next to a pick-up truck that towers over him.

In another, he poses in sunglasses while brandishing the weapon in one hand.

The images were shared on Twitter by Leith Abou Fadel, editor-in-Chief of the English-language Arabic news website Al-Masdar News, who nicknamed him 'Abu Ahmad Al-Chihuahua'.

Mr Fadel told MailOnline: 'A friend shared his picture and I picked up on it.

'I tried to find out more about him, but the information was limited. All we know is that he is a member of the Syrian Al Qaeda group Jabhat Al-Nusra.'

The images have not been independently verified by MailOnline.

Footage posted on YouTube in 2011 claimed to show a dwarf who was fighting for the Taliban (above)

Jabhat Al-Nusra is part of a powerful rebel alliance called the Army of Conquest which controls Idlib province in Syria and has been fighting regime forces for several years.

Today, it was revealed by MailOnline that a figurehead who has starred in two propaganda videos posted online under the nom de guerre Abu Basir al-Britani is the son of a British film director.

Lucas Kinney, 26, is the first white British convert to emerge in Syria.

As a Home Counties schoolboy, he took holy communion at a Roman Catholic church and attended Catholic primary and secondary schools.

As a teenager, he even spoke of being a priest.