<span style="color: #222222;">Turkey has deported 11 French nationals who are suspected of being members of the Islamic State group.<br />''<br />''Stating this today, the Turkey Interior Ministry, however, did not provide details or identify the suspects.<br />''<br />''Last month, Ankara stepped up the return of suspected foreign IS members to their countries of origin, saying Turkey was not a hotel for foreign fighters.<br />''<br />''While Turkey has quietly deported suspected jihadis for years, it raised the issue more forcefully after Western nations refused to back its invasion of northeastern Syria and its offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters. Many countries have voiced concerns that the Turkish incursion would lead to a resurgence of IS.<br />''<br />''Turkey has been accused of enabling the influx of thousands of foreign IS sympathizers into Syria over the years. At the height of the extremist group's power, the Turkish border crossings were the main route for those hoping to join IS in Syria.</span><br />