article_snippet.sent: The nine Britons, who include three men, two women and four children aged between one and 11, were seized in Hatay province, in southern Turkey.
article_snippet.sent: Hatay province shares a border with part of Syria controlled by rebel factions including those linked to Al Qaeda and ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: All of those held are from Rochdale and are the biggest family group caught attempting to enter the unstable territory.
article_snippet.sent: A senior officer questioned why anyone would take children so young 'and vulnerable' into a warzone.
article_snippet.sent: The three men and two women, aged between 21 and 47, were taken to a hospital with The three men and two women, aged between 21 and 47 children, aged one, three, eight and 11.
article_snippet.sent: The nine Britons - four of his aunt, two cousins and one of his cousin's wives children – were seized by Turkish security forces as his aunt, two cousins and one of his cousin's wives tried to slip into Syria .
article_snippet.sent: One of the family members, holding a child, is seen arriving at a Turkish hospital to undergo medical checks .
article_snippet.sent: the family are pictured arriving at a police station in Turkey's southern Hatay province earlier this month . '