Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Another British Woman Suspected Of Going To Syria Detain In Turkey

British woman was detained in Turkey, the twenty-one year old was suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State militants.
The woman, named by officials as Jaila Nadra H, was detained at a bus station in the capital Ankara on Monday and is being held pending deportation hearings. One official said she was expected to be deported "soon".

The British woman was detained in the Turkish capital Ankara; another said authorities apprehended her based on Turkish intelligence and were not tipped off by British authorities.Correspondence and images on her mobile phone indicate she was planning to head to IS territory, officials said.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the detention of a British national in Ankara and are providing consular assistance."
The development comes as footage emerged of three British teenagers suspected of planning to join IS militants in Syria.

The CCTV video of the young men was taken at an airport in Istanbul just before they were stopped allegedly heading to the border with Syria.
The teenagers, two aged 17 and one aged 19, were arrested and flown back to the UK but have since been released on bail.


Sky news


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