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Reports that UK jihadists were involved in a prisoner swap between Islamic State (IS) and Turkey are "credible", Whitehall officials have told the BBC. | |
The Times alleges that Shabazz Suleman, 18, and Hisham Folkard, 26, were among as many as 180 IS fighters traded for 49 Turkish hostages. | |
They were taken prisoner from the Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq, in June and released last month. | |
Officials confirmed Mr Suleman, from High Wycombe, disappeared in Turkey. | |
The Foreign Office is providing consular assistance to his family but there has been no confirmation that he was one of the Turkish government-held prisoners. | |
The Times said it was passed a leaked list of those handed over to IS and the two Britons were among the names. | |
Along with the two Britons, the newspaper alleges the list also included three French citizens, two Swedes, two Macedonians, one Swiss and one Belgian. |