Police appeal to muslim women over Syria
Police have appealed to muslim women to come forward if they have concerns over male relatives travelling to fight in Syria.
Female campaign to stop men joining Syria fighting
The new head of counter terrorism for the West Midlands will launch a campaign in Birmingham today aimed at encouraging women to help stop male relatives joining the fighting in Syria.
Det Chief Supt. Sue Southern will speak at the event which will be attended by women from community groups, representatives from Birmingham City Council and local charities.
Since January five people from Birmingham have been charged with offences relating to the Syria conflict and are currently awaiting trial.
It is estimated that the number of people travelling to Syria from the UK is in the hundreds with the number of arrests increasing substantially in 2014.
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