(CNN) An American and his family who were living in territory held by ISIS in Syria have been detained in Turkey, a senior Turkish official told CNN. Because of the large number of foreign fighters that have transited across the Syrian-Turkey border , Turkey has detained a significant number of individuals crossing back into Turkey from Syria, to question them about their time there. According to the Guardian newspaper, which was the first to report on Kleman's detention at the Turkish border, he was previously a Florida resident. Kleman's family told the newspaper he converted to Islam after divorcing his first wife and moved to the Middle East in 2011. The smuggler said that Kleman contacted a family member in the United States to get help in escaping from ISIS territory.

Source: CNN April 27, 2017 00:36 UTC