A Dutch mother has defied safety warnings and travelled to Syria in disguise to rescue her daughter from the Islamic State. Wearing a burka, the woman from Maastricht - named only as Monique - crossed from Turkey into the Syrian city of Raqqa to save her daughter Aicha, 19. Aicha had appealed to her mother for help last month after converting to Islam and marrying Omar Yilmaz, a notorious Dutch jihadi. A Dutch mother named only as Monique has defied safety warnings and travelled to Syria in disguise to rescue her daughter from the Islamic State The teenager married the former soldier, after seeing him interviewed on television, the Telegraph reports.
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Woman from Maastricht crossed from Turkey into Syrian city of Raqqa
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'Monique' defied warnings and travelled in disguise to rescue daughter
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She begged mother for help after converting to Islam and marrying jihadi
@placeholder was told by Dutch police that the rescue mission would be too dangerous and that she could be prosecuted for the 'provision of assistance to jihadists'.
@placeholder was told by Dutch police that the rescue mission would be too dangerous and that she could be prosecuted for the 'provision of assistance to jihadists' (file picture)