Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf, who gained infamy after his young son was pictured holding a severed head, is believed to have been stripped of his citizenship.

A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton told AAP on Saturday an individual had been stripped of citizenship under anti-terror laws which passed parliament in 2015.

She declined to name the person but the Australian reports it is dual-national Sharrouf.

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Khaled Sharrouf has been stripped of his Australian citizenship. Source: 7 News

He went to fight with Islamic State in Syria in 2013, a year after being released from prison for his role in a terrorism plot.

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Sharrouf left Sydney in December 2003, using his brother's passport to leave the country. Photo: 7News

In 2015, there were unconfirmed reports Sharrouf had died in a drone strike in Mosul. However he continues to be the subject of an active arrest warrant

He gained infamy for posing in photographs with the severed heads of Syrian soldiers in 2014.

Sharrouf's seven-year-old son was pictured holding up the severed head of a Syrian government official around the same time.

Newsbreak – February 11