London, Dec 4 (IANS): Two men have been remanded in custody and charged with helping a 17-year-old leave Britain for the conflict in Syria.

Kristen Arne Brekke, also known as Kaleem, 18, from Grangetown, Cardiff, and Forhad Rahman, 20, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court Wednesday, BBC reported.

They are accused of assisting Aseel Muthana, from Cardiff, in the preparation of an act of terrorism.

Muthana left Britain in February 2014 using a recently obtained passport.

It was a replacement for his original one.

The court heard that Brekke had allegedly assisted Aseel Muthana between Dec 24, 2013 and Feb 23, 2014.

A second man from Gloucestershire later appeared in court, also accused of helping Aseel Muthana between the same dates.

Forhad Rahman, of Cirencester, is accused of the same offence of preparing for acts of terrorism by assisting the teenager's intentions.

He is further charged with two counts of possessing material on his phone containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

District Judge Emma Arbuthnot remanded both men in custody to appear next at the Old Bailey Dec 19.