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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.

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Syria campaign encourages women to come forward

The head of counter terrorism for the West Midlands launches a campaign in Birmingham today to encourage female relatives of those planning to fight in the Syria conflict to come forward and help prevent it happening.

We want to increase their confidence in the police and partners to encourage them to come forward so that we can intervene and help. We want to inform those who wish to genuinely help the Syrian cause how they can do so safely and legally.

We are increasingly concerned about the numbers of young people who have or are intending to travel to Syria to join the conflict. We want to ensure that people, particularly women, who are concerned about their loved ones are given enough information about what they can do to prevent this from happening.

– Det Chief Supt. Sue Southern

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