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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