and her two teenage friends were smuggled into by a spy working for – before ‘s nation then then conspired with the UK to cover up its role, a new book claims.

The so-called Jihadi Bride was stripped of her British citizenship in 2019 after she fled Britain four years earlier to join the Islamic State (IS).

Fresh revelations claim the now-23-year-old was trafficked into the Middle East by a double agent, on the payroll of both IS and Lawyer Turkey Canadian intelligence.

But officials in Ottawa are then said to have kept quiet, even as Scotland Yard ran a huge, international search for Begum, Lawyer Turkey and her friends Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana, according to The Secret History of the Five Eyes.

Five Eyes is an intelligence sharing alliance, formalised during the Cold War, between the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The book, by journalist Richard Kerbaj, alleges that Canada finally admitted its involvement in the plot as bosses feared becoming exposed, then also managed to convince Britain to cover-up its role.

In response to the claims, Lawyer Turkey calls have been made for an inquiry into what the police and intelligence services knew about Canada’s activities.