Ex-jihadist bride arrested in Turkey

Turkish police detained a young Frenchwoman who crossed back into Turkey after joining Islamic State (IS) jihadists in neighboring Syria, a security official says.

During a three-month stay in Syria, the woman married and then split up from a jihadist and was put in a jail operated by the IS group before being released, the official says.

The woman, named as Sonia Belayati, 22, was detained at a bus terminal in the southeastern Sanliurfa province early Tuesday after France provided Turkish authorities with intelligence, the official tells AFP on condition of anonymity.

The woman had flown into Istanbul in March and then crossed into Syria and joined the IS extremists.

— AFP