Analysts: IS Group Strategically Placing Foreign Fighters

On the Turkish border with Syria, Turkish lawmaker Mehmet Ali Ediboglu says he is in touch with the families of the 11 doctors and medical students that sneaked into Syrian territory held by the Islamic State (IS) group. The families from the United Kingdom, the United States, Sudan and Canada are still hoping their children travelled to Syria to help treat civilians, not terrorists, he said. "They are [in] a warzone. God forbid, they might be killed by an attack any minute,"...

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