A video has emerged that appears to show a man helping three London schoolgirls enter Syria from Turkey.
The footage is believed to show Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, in Gaziantep on the Turkish border with Syria.
In the video from local news channel A Haber TV, a man speaking in English – who was later detained by Turkish authorities – appears to make mention of Syrian passports.
Turkish officials said the man was working for the intelligence service of a country that is part of the anti-ISIS coalition, but did not publicly name the country.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed that a foreign spy had been detained on suspicion of helping the schoolgirls travel to Syria to join ISIS..
The nationality of the person arrested remains unclear, but the FCO and Met Police said they were working closely with the Turkish authorities.
Turkish foreign minister Mehmet Cavusoglu told reporters the detained suspect works for the intelligence agency of a country that is part of the US-led coalition against ISIS.
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