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ANKARA, Turkey — A foreign intelligence operative suspected of helping three British schoolgirls join ISIS in Syria has been detained, Turkey’s foreign minister said Thursday.

Mevlut Cavusoglu said the suspect helped the teenagers even though he or she worked for the intelligence agency of a country that is part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS. Cavusoglu didn’t identify the country, but said it wasn’t the U.S. or a European Union member. Security sources tell the National Post that the agent was not part of a Canadian agency.

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Cavusoglu, who was interviewed on A Haber television, said he had shared the information with his British counterpart.

“Do you know who the person who helped the girls turned out to be?” Cavusoglu said. “Someone who works for the intelligence service of a country that is part of the coalition.”

He didn’t provide further details on the suspect’s detention.