Earlier this week she claimed that she had married a British man while in Syria and had given birth to a son.
Lisa Smith, 37, has been identified as the Irish woman who is being held in Syria over her links to Isis
A source told the Irish Mirror that Ms Smith was a Corporal when she left the Defence Forces, claiming that she ‘would have been an asset to Isis’.AdvertisementIn an interview with ITV, she identified herself a British and the reporter said she spoke with an ‘Irish accent’.‘You come, you see the propaganda, you want Islam, you want to come and live in Muslim country and environment,’ she said.
Ms Smith told the reporter that she her husband, who she met and married in Syria, died two years ago.Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is now facing questions about whether or not Ireland will allow Isis fighters and brides who fled the country to now return home.‘That’s going to depend on the individual circumstances. We think we may only have one Irish citizen , it may be as few as one,’ he said previously.
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