so 24 jan 2016, 19:26

Turkey picks up 23 suspected members

KILIS –

Turkey has 23 suspected members of Islamic State (IS) were arrested when they illegally that country tried to achieve from Syria. This is reported by the Turkish army on Sunday.

Een IS-vlag op een heuvel bij de Turks-Syrische grens

An IS flag on a hill at the Turkish-Syrian border
Photo: REUTERS

The suspects were along with 21 other children when they the border and wanted to cross in Elbeyli, in the province of Kilis is located. The nationalities of the suspects were not disclosed.

Turkey enters sharper against members of IS since the country criticism was that the little did to close their borders to keep militants. Also caused the recent deadly attacks by suspected members of IS, including in Ankara and Istanbul, for increased security measures in Turkey.