Sydney man Hamdi Al Qudsi has been found guilty of recruiting six young men to travel overseas to fight alongside Islamic State and al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria.

Al Qudsi, 42, of St Helens Park faced seven counts of performing services with the intention of supporting hostile acts in Syria between June and October 2013.

Today, after six hours of deliberation, he was found guilty in a unanimous decision by a NSW Supreme Court jury to the first six counts of assisting the passage of six Jihadis to Syria.

Al Qudsi, who is a disability pensioner, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years for each charge. He had pleaded not guilty to all seven counts.

Two of the men Alqudsi recruited – Tyler Casey and Caner Temel – were killed in Syria, the AAP reported. Two other men, Muhammed Abdul-Karim Musleh and Mehmet Biber, have since returned to Australia, it said.

About 100 people have left Australia for Syria to fight alongside organisations such as Islamic State, Australia’s Immigration Minister said earlier this year.

– TiVi Tuan-san