Hague warns of new Syrian terror threat

Damien McElroy

Islamist extremists who have flocked to Syria to fight with groups linked to al-Qa'ida pose a direct threat to the UK because they will return to plot attacks at home, the British foreign secretary has warned.

William Hague said there was now "uncontested space" in Syria where Islamist groups were free to establish training camps that would equip and train foreign fighters, including British extremists.