Syria girls: Man arrested 'for helping British trio'

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Source: BBC

A man has been arrested for allegedly helping three British schoolgirls cross into Syria, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.

The man is said to work for the intelligence agency of a country which is part of the coalition against Islamic State (IS) militants.

It is believed Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, left the UK last month to join IS.

It is not known what country the arrested man is from.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31853002

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1. They'll never be heard from again. So sad.

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2. European source says he was connected to Canadian intelligence

A European security source familiar with the case of the three girls said the person in question had a connection with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) spy agency.

A Canadian government source in Ottawa said the person was not a Canadian citizen and was not employed by CSIS. The source did not respond when asked whether the person had been working for CSIS.

The spy agency did not respond to requests for comment. The office of Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney - in overall charge of law enforcement - said it did not comment on operational matters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/us-mideast-crisis-britain-schoolgirls-idUSKBN0M81O120150312

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3. Turkey says spy who helped British teens is Syrian national

Turkey says spy who helped British teens is Syrian national

Ankara (AFP) - Three British girls who crossed into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists were helped by a Syrian national working as an intelligence agent for one of the countries in the US-led coalition against the militants, the Turkish foreign minister said Friday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu unexpectedly announced Thursday that Turkey had arrested an intelligence agent who had helped the three teenage girls cross into Syria.

But amid frenetic speculation over which intelligence agency was involved, Cavusoglu gave no details over who the Syrian was working for.

"The person arrested by us is someone working for an intelligence agency in the coalition," he said in televised comments.

http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-says-spy-helped-british-teens-syrian-national-111837147.html;_ylt=AwrBJR6D3QJVJVAA4_7QtDMD