The battle continues against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (AP)
Nine people with British passports have been arrested at the Turkey/Syria border after trying to illegally enter IS controlled territory.
The Turkish army made the arrests in the Hatay region of Southern Turkey and the three men, two women and four children are now awaiting deportation.
The Foreign Office have they are looking into reports of the arrests.
More to follow.
Three Bethnal Green Academy pupils disappeared from their homes in east London in February and flew to Turkey, before crossing the border into wartorn Syria last month. (Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)<br />Handout still taken from CCTV issued by the Metropolitan Police of (left to right) 15-year-old Amira Abase, Kadiza Sultana,16 and Shamima Begum,15 at Gatwick airport, before they caught their flight to Turkey. Metropolitan Police officers are in Turkey as the search continues for three missing schoolgirls believed to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State.
Nine UK nationals arrested ‘trying to enter Syria’
