Nine medical students were born in UK and studied medicine in Sudan Group of five men and four women left medical school and fled to Syria Lena Abdulqadir said she wanted to volunteer to help wounded Syrians' The surgeons daughter sent smiling selfie to sister before entering Syria Their parents believe they have been brainwashed by ISIS fanatics and have now travelled to the region to convince their children to return home

By Claire Ellicott for the Daily Mail

Published: 18:17 EST, 22 March 2015 | Updated: 06:22 EST, 23 March 2015

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Nine British medical students have travelled secretly to Syria to help treat jihadi fighters in hospitals controlled by Islamic State, it emerged yesterday.

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 surgeons 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.

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Families vow to bring home British medical students who went to treat jihadis in Syria