Amira Abase

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 today.

Turkey today said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had been captured for helping three British teenage girls cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

Scotland Yard has admitted that they could have handled better the case of the three runaway schoolgirls, believed to have joined Islamic State extremists in Syria, after the teenage girls' families criticised the police for not passing on vital information to them.

British police said today that they believed the three London schoolgirls who travelled to Turkey and are thought to be trying to join Islamic State, have now crossed into Syria.

Britain debated on Sunday how to stop teenage girls joining the Islamic State group in Syria after three high-achieving youngsters became the latest to run away from home.

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 today.

Turkey today said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had been captured for helping three British teenage girls cross into Syria to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

Scotland Yard has admitted that they could have handled better the case of the three runaway schoolgirls, believed to have joined Islamic State extremists in Syria, after the teenage girls' families criticised the police for not passing on vital information to them.

British police said today that they believed the three London schoolgirls who travelled to Turkey and are thought to be trying to join Islamic State, have now crossed into Syria.

Britain debated on Sunday how to stop teenage girls joining the Islamic State group in Syria after three high-achieving youngsters became the latest to run away from home.