A young French mother whose daughter had been smuggled by her father out of the country and possibly to Syria was reunited with the two-year-old in Turkey, a source close to the French interior minister said Tuesday. Meriam Rhaiem, 25, made headlines in March when she made an emotional appeal to French authorities to recognise her baby girl as "the youngest French hostage". Rhaiem, who lives in eastern France, had said she was certain her French husband, from whom she is divorcing, and who is wanted under an international arrest warrant, was in Syria where he was seeking to join jihadists. The father was arrested last weekend with their daughter Assia in Turkey, where he is still being held, the ministry source said, adding Rhaiem and her girl were due to fly back to France on Tuesday night on board a plane chartered by the interior ministry.
09-02-2014, 11:01 PM
French mum reunited with daughter taken by alleged jihadi husband
A young French mother whose daughter had been smuggled by her father out of the country and possibly to Syria was reunited with the two-year-old in Turkey, a source close to the French interior minister said Tuesday. Meriam Rhaiem, 25, made headlines in March when she made an emotional appeal to French authorities to recognise her baby girl as "the youngest French hostage". Rhaiem, who lives in eastern France, had said she was certain her French husband, from whom she is divorcing, and who is wanted under an international arrest warrant, was in Syria where he was seeking to join jihadists. The father was arrested last weekend with their daughter Assia in Turkey, where he is still being held, the ministry source said, adding Rhaiem and her girl were due to fly back to France on Tuesday night on board a plane chartered by the interior ministry.
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