A British-Canadian couple is pleading with the Canadian and U.K. governments for help getting their son out of a prison in Kurdish-held northern Syria. Letts said his son was trying to flee into Turkey from territory controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) when he was captured by security forces in northern Syria. For the first two months, Letts and Lane say the prison allowed regular contact with their son via text message and chat. Sally Lane and John Letts claim their son, Jack, told them he was being tortured in a prison in northern Syria when they last spoke with him four months ago. Letts and Lane say they would never condone their son being involved in terrorism, but if he was, he must face legal consequences.

Source: CBC News November 07, 2017 10:02 UTC