9 British Medical Students Flees School & Travel To Treat ISIS Jihadis In Syria

According to a report on Dailymail, Nine British medical students have travelled secretly to Syria to help treat jihadi fighters in hospitals controlled by Islamic State. The group of five men and four women, all in their late teens and early 20s, fled medical school in Sudan and travelled to Istanbul before crossing the Turkish border.

One woman, a surgeon’s daughter, sent a smiling selfie to her sister before entering Syria. Their desperate parents believe they have been ‘brainwashed’ by Islamic fanatics and have now travelled to the region in a bid to convince their children to return home.

The students are from the Sudanese community, but were born and raised in England.‘They have been cheated, brainwashed. That is what I, and their relatives, think, We all assume that they are in Tel Abyad now, which is under IS control. The conflict out there is fierce, so medical help must be needed.’ Turkish opposition politician Mehmet Ali Ediboglu said after meeting the families.

He insisted that the students wanted to volunteer in hospitals, adding: ‘Let’s not forget about the fact that they are doctors; they were there to help, not to fight.’