Turkey arrests 9 British nationals seeking to cross to Syria

April 02, 2015 00:34

Turkey has arrested nine British nationals on the Syrian border as they sought to illegally cross over from Turkey, the army said on today.

"Nine people of British nationality were arrested on the border trying to enter Syria from Turkey," the army said in a statement on its website, adding that the arrests took place in the Hatay region of southern Turkey.

The army gave no further details on the identities and intentions of those arrested. Turkey has in the last months been repeatedly criticised by its Western allies for not doing enough to halt the flow across Turkish territory of European nationals seeking to join IS jihadists in Syria.

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