Diplomats to travel to Syria following detention of former Irish soldier

A former female Defence Forces soldier arrested in Syria on suspicion of joining Islamic State (IS) also served in the Air Corps, where she helped work on the government jet.

Irish diplomats are expected to travel to Syria in the coming days after it emerged an Irish woman is being detained in the country.

37-year-old Lisa Smith, from Dundalk in County Louth, is being held at a camp there after being picked up by US forces.