Man Working For Unknown 'Intelligence Agency' Arrested in Turkey For Allegedly Helping Three British Girls Cross into Syria to Join ISIS...

 A foreign spy has been arrested on suspicion of helping three British schoolgirls travel to Syria to join the Islamic State, it was reported today.

Turkish foreign minister Mehmet Cavusoglu said the suspect works for the intelligence agency of a country that is part of the US-led coalition fighting ISIS.

He did not identify the country but said it was not the United States or a member of the European Union.  Continue...

Mr Cavusoglu, who was interviewed on Turkish channel A Haber TV, said he had shared the information with his British counterpart - Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.

Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, are thought to have reached the terror group's de facto capital Raqqa after fleeing the UK to join a friend last month.

It emerged earlier this week that the three girls had paid for their flights out of the UK after stealing jewellery from their family.

Police discovered they paid the £1,000 cost of their flights from Gatwick airport to Istanbul in cash.

Before they went missing, the girls are believed to have communicated with 20-year-old Aqsa Mahmood, a notorious jihadi who left Glasgow for Syria last year.

The former medical student has become the online contact of choice for those wanting to travel to Syria and marry a militant fighter.

One of the girls, Shamima Begum, used her Twitter account to try to contact her directly, asking for her to open a private line of communication.

 Friends suspect the girls were in touch with Mahmood and Islamic State recruiters via their mobile phones in the weeks before Christmas.

Investigators are also examining whether the trio managed to exchange messages with their 15-year-old friend after she disappeared on December 6.

Police revealed yesterday that two women, aged 20 and 21, have been arrested in North London over the latter's disappearance.

The suspects were held on suspicion of an offence under the Child Abduction Act and will answer bail next month.

Earlier this week, their families refused to accept any responsibility for the teenagers' actions when they appeared before a committee of MPs.

Culled from mailonline