article_snippet.sent: the son of Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed - and his cousins walk into the Turkish Police Department's Foreigners' office today after being caught trying to cross into Syria .
article_snippet.sent: Waheed and Waheed family were apprehended trying to get into Syria and had Waheed and his family been allowed to cross the border
article_snippet.sent: nothing shares a border with part of Syria controlled by rebel factions including those linked to Al Qaeda and ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: Turkey is a key staging ground for foreign fighters and others hoping to reach Islamic State-held areas of Syria and Iraq.