...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
Lion of Islams.
The group, all in their late teens or early 20s, had been studying medicine in Sudan.
Some of their relatives, who have travelled to the Turkish-Syrian border, told the BBC they were gravely concerned about their welfare.
The medics are believed to have entered Syria more than a week ago.
Eight of the nine are pictured above are understood to be (clockwise from top left): Mohammed Wael Fadlallah, Tasneem Suliman, Ismail Hamdoun, Nada Sami Kader, Mohammed Elbadri Ibrahim, Rawan Kamal Zine El Abidine, Tamir Ahmed Abusibah and Lena Maumoon. The ninth has been named as Sami Ahmed Kadir.
| Not a single William, George, Ian or Nigel amongst them... |
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
correspondent Mark Lowen said some in the group had sent messages to their parents saying they were doing voluntary work to help Syrians.
Our correspondent, who described the group as British-Sudanese, said their families had travelled to Gaziantep in southern Turkey to try to find them.
One of the fathers said he was not getting enough support from British and Turkish authorities and did not understand how Turkey allowed such a large group to cross the border.
The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to their families.