Father arrested at Larnaca Airport after children held in Syria for six months

A 45-year-old man was arrested at Larnaca Airport on Monday after his two children spent six months in Syria on what had begun as a short holiday in Saudi Arabia.

The children, aged 16 and 7, returned to Cyprus on Monday, where Hope For Children staff received them before handing them over to their mother. Their father appeared in court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody for three days pending investigation....