ANKARA — An alleged spy detained in Turkey for helping three British
girls cross into Syria is a Syrian national working for a country in the
U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, the Turkish foreign minister
said on Friday.
He has been named by one Turkish newspaper as Mohammad Al Rashid.
Several Turkish media, citing government sources, have said the
detained spy was on contract for Canada but working for the Israeli spy
agency, the Mossad.
Tahera Mufti, spokeswoman for CSIS, did not respond to a written
request for comment and the federal government refused to comment,
claiming it was a matter "of national security."
Islamic State seized swathes of land last June, cementing their rule
with a militant interpretation of Islamic law, and is drawing
sympathizers from many countries to support their fight.
The U.S.-led coalition, that includes Canada, is using mostly air power in an attempt to push the Sunni militant group back.
"The person who helped the three British girls into Syria is a Syrian
national working for another country within the coalition. The
situation is so complicated," foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told
reporters in Ankara.
The three girls, two aged 15 and one 16, flew to Istanbul from London
on Feb. 17 and then onwards to Syria, where more than 200,000 have been
killed in a civil war. Their families have appealed to them to return.
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