16 Feb 2021

NZ woman captured trying to enter Syria from Turkey

From Morning Report, 8:40 am on 16 February 2021

A New Zealand woman and two children have been captured at the border between Syria and Turkey for connections with the Islamic State.

Turkey's Ministry of National Defence tweeted that the three New Zealand citizens were captured while trying to enter the country.

Negar Partow, an international security expert at Massey University, speaks to Susie Ferguson.