(VOVworld) – Turkish security forces have detained Monday nine foreign nationals suspected of being members of the Islamic State group as they tried to illegally enter Turkey from Syria.

Turkish riot police officers escort suspected members of the Islamic State group at a hospital for a medical check-up on the second day of their custody (Getty immage)

The authorities of Kilis province, said the suspects were detained in Cobanbey, Cildiroba, and Alahan towns in southern province of Kilis, which borders Syria.
There was no mention of the nationality, gender or age of the suspects. Turkish authorities have scaled up operations against suspected IS cells after a double suicide bombing killed more than 100 people in Ankara in October.