Amira Abase

Turkey deported a female British national to the U.K. on March 19, after police the woman on suspicion of trying to cross into neighboring Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to the Turkish authorities.

Three British teenagers suspected of trying to travel to Syria were released on bail late March 15 after being questioned for 24 hours on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, police said.
      

An agent who helped three British schoolgirls cross into Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant  (ISIL) was also working as a courier to transfer money to jihadists, a Turkish newspaper reported on March 15.

An intelligence officer from a coalition member country has been detained in Turkey for helping three British teenage girls join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu said on March 12.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has ruled out placing British ?police spotters? in Istanbul in order to stop foreigners from travelling across the Turkish border to join jihadi militant groups in Syria and Iraq.

Britain is seeking to better help Turkey prevent foreigners crossing into Syria to join jihadist groups, the chairman of the U.K.'s Home Affairs Select Committee stated on March 3.

"I do not think it is the job of the Turkish police and the Turkish authorities to chase our citizens. This all has to be done with cooperation," said Keith Vaz at the committee.

Security footage has emerged appearing to show three British schoolgirls, believed to be on their way to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), waiting for hours at a bus station in Turkey before travelling to a city near the Syrian border, media reported on March 1.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry disapproves of British parliamentarians' call for Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil to appear before them about three Londoner schoolgirls believed to have joined Islamists in Syria after flying to Turkey last week, a spokesperson has said.

British lawmakers have invited Turkey's ambassador to Britain and the CEO of national flag carrier Turkish Airlines to speak about the disappearance of three teenage girls who are believed to have flown to Istanbul before heading to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The families of three British schoolgirls feared to be travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria after flying to Istanbul issued emotional appeals for them to come home Feb. 21.