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Syria: UK 'keeping close eye' on British jihadists - minister

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UK is monitoring the "very fluid" situation in Syria following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Minister for border security and asylum said UK is keeping "a very close eye" on situation.

Majority of foreign fighters detained in Syria are held in Kurdish -controlled camps in north-east .

Dame Angela Eagle said British intelligence services will be "watching very closely".

More than 5,000 Syrians are in the UK awaiting an asylum decision.

The UK is not planning to deport people back to Syria as the situation in the country is too "fluid" The future relationship between the West and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , the group leading the Syrian rebel coalition, still unclear.

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73

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formal

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English

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53

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