UK special forces may help British orphans escape Syria

A Syrian woman newly displaced by the Turkish military operation in Syria at a camp in Iraq. Photograph: Hussein Malla/APBritain will consider repatriating orphans and unaccompanied children in north-east Syria if they are alerted to their presence by local military or aid agencies.Home Office officials said the UK would assist British orphans trapped in Syria after the Turkish invasion, reversing a previous policy that children had to be taken out of the country before they might get any help.O