A foreign spy has been reportedly detained after being suspected of helping three British schoolgirls join the ISIS.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mehmet Cavusoglu had gathered information that the detained spy is working in the intelligence division of a country within the U.S.-led coalition.

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The country was not identified, although Cavusoglu was certain it wasn't the United States or a member of the European Union.

"Do you know who was the person who helped these girls? This person was caught. It turned out to be someone who worked in the intelligence services of a country in the coalition,"  Cavusoglu said.

The Turkish official also said, his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond had been informed of the spy's detention.

A source of a European security force had said the person being held had links to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) spy agency.

Another source of the Canadian government meanwhile revealed the person was not a Canadian citizen and not employed in the CSIS.  But the source did not clarify if the person was working for CSIS.

Cavusoglu's statements raised doubts on yet another incident of Turkey's blame game.  It remains unclear in what evidence the Turkish official had based its statements from.  Observers say, this further heated up the already tensed relations between Turkey and Western nations.  

Three British teenagers, Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both aged 15 and 16-year-old Kadiza Sultana, boarded a Turkish Airlines plane from London's Gatwick Airport to Istanbul on February 17^th.  They are feared to have crossed the Turkish border to Syria to become so-called "jihadi brides".

The girls spent more than 1,400 euros in cash for the travel.  The first cousin of Kadiza Sultana had been wondering how her cousin was able to raise that big amount.  Turkey and police officers believe they stole jewelry from relatives to fund the trip.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe had earlier apologized to the family of the missing girls for failing to communicate with them directly.   The Met police said if only they handed a warning letter to the parents, they could have stopped their children from leaving.

The letter, alerting parents about another 15-year-old girl who left to join the ISIS in Syria in December, were given to seven schoolgirls - including the three British teens.

The  parents later found the letters hidden in their textbooks after they left.

The girls' families also said that there were no indications that the teens had been radicalized as their appear to be normal girls who just loved to reality TV shows and other 'teenage things.'

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