Two Russian women suspected of joining ISIS detained in Turkey

Two Russian women who are suspected of being ISIS militants and are allegedly listed as wanted by Interpol have been detained by Turkish authorities.

The two were detained in the border town of Akcakale while trying to enter Turkey illegally from neighboring Syria and being accompanied by their nine children, Anadolu Agency reported.

According to the agency, the women told police that their husbands had been killed in Syria and that they were trying to return to Russia via Turkey. The women are scheduled to appear before a court in the city of Sanliurfa, which would decide their fate.