A 14-year-old girl has been saved from an arranged marriage after she and her uncle were stopped from boarding a flight to Lebanon, it’s been reported.

The teenager was intercepted at Sydney Airport on Friday after a joint investigation response team learned she was being taken overseas to wed, News Corp Australia reports.

She and her uncle were released after hours of questioning but not allowed to leave the country, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison said.

“The government can confirm that an adult male and a female minor were prevented from boarding a flight at Sydney International Airport,” she said.

“The prevention from boarding was not counter-terror related.”

For privacy reasons, no further details could be provided.

The teenage girl was believed to be heading to Lebanon for an arranged marriage, News Corp reported.

Authorities have been on high alert for cases of arranged marriages in the wake of Islamic State group extremists launching a social media recruitment campaign to lure young brides to wed terrorists.

There is no suggestion this incident was ISIS-related.