Sultana had been killed by the atmosphere hit in Raqqa in might, where she was indeed desperate to flee

Following the loss of a uk teenager in Syria, mystery surrounds the whereabouts of dozens of females and girls that have accompanied the so-called Islamic State.

Kadiza Sultana’s household had been told she had been killed in A russian atmosphere hit in might nevertheless the two buddies she travelled to Raqqa with are apparently alive.

The trio, from Bethnal Green in eastern London, are among at the least 56 ladies and girls whom travelled through the British to participate Isis in Syria a year ago.

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These people were the topic of a police that is international because their families made psychological appeals for the girls to come back house.

However the names of numerous other people stay unknown and their own families face increasing problems maintaining contact as military operations contrary to the terrorist group intensify.

Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum

The 3 friends, aged 15 and 16 in addition to right time, fled to Syria via Turkey after vanishing throughout the Easter breaks in 2015.

The schoolgirls, whom attended Bethnal Green Academy, are thought to have already been radicalised on the internet and encouraged to become listed on Isis. That they had been questioned by authorities in 2014 after another girl from the school travelled to Syria but were not found to be at risk december.

Kadiza’s family members stated she became disillusioned after her arrival in Raqqa plus the loss of her spouse, A isis fighter that is american of lineage. Her moms and dads had been told she was killed in an air that is russian in the town in might.

Tasnime Akunjee, whom represents all three families, told The Independent that Amira and Shamima had additionally hitched jihadists but that Amira’s spouse had additionally died. The 2 girls are recognized to be alive but Mr Akunjee will never reveal any details that are further their security.

Aqsa Mahmood

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The 21-year-old travelled to Syria from her house in Glasgow in 2013 and has since become prolific for spreading Isis propaganda online november.

The previous college pupil ended up being understood on her weblog and social media marketing reports beneath the name Umm Layth – that has because been eliminated – where she praised terror assaults in Tunisia and France.

She usually called for any other young British females to journey to the alleged Islamic State and ended up being suspected of assisting the Bethnal Green trio reach Syria.

Mahmood married an Isis fighter and apparently rose within the group’s ranks to be a figure that is leading the al-Khansaa brigade, the feared all-female force tasked with enforcing the group’s interpretation of Sharia legislation with females and kiddies.

Punishments have actually included arrests and beatings for women going outside without having a male chaperone, lashes for wearing form-fitting abayas and floggings for “not being meek enough”.

In September 2015, she and Sally-Anne Jones (below) had been placed under sanctions subjecting them to a worldwide asset freeze and travel ban so as to avoid radicalisation that is further.

Grace “Khadijah” Dare

The 24-year-old had been among the first women that are british travel off to Syria, making in 2012 to become listed on the jihadist cause along with her infant son Isa.

Dare, who was simply raised in south London as a Christian but changed into Islam in her own teenagers, went to exactly the same mosque whilst meet turkish girls the males whom murdered Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. She fled London for Syria in 2012 and resurfaced the year that is following a Channel 4 documentary on Uk ladies joining the “jihad”.

Offering her title as Maryam, she had been filmed alongside her Swedish spouse, a militant referred to as Abu Bakr who’s got since been killed.

The few had been apparently anticipating their very first son or daughter, while Isa had been viewed as a toddler, and Dare vowed to stay in Syria to improve her young ones.

She became prolific on Twitter underneath the title of Muhajirah fi Sham, which means “immigrant in Syria”, where she celebrated the beheading of James Foley and vowed become “da first British girl 2 kill a UK or US terorrist! (sic)”.

She additionally gloried in gruesome Isis public executions and called for British Muslims to go to Syria, along with posing photos of Isa with weapons.

In February her son, now aged around four, ended up being showcased in a propaganda video clip using combat gear and an Isis headband. “We will destroy the kuffars (infidels) over here, ” he had been shown saying, before showing up to blow a car up containing three Syrian prisoners.

Sally Jones

Also referred to as Umm Hussain al-Britani, the 47-year-old has released duplicated threats that are terror the UK, US and European countries and required supporters to carry out assaults.

She had been hitched to Junaid Hussain, the Isis hacker who had been killed in a drone hit a year ago.

In a Twitter post she reported she ended up being “proud my husband ended up being killed because of the enemy that is biggest of Allah, may Allah be pleased about him”.

A Muslim convert from Kent, Jones is another respected propagandist for Isis and it has published “kill lists” of targets and announced her wish to behead Christians on line.

Before fleeing to Syria with her 10-year-old son in 2013, she worked as being a perfume saleswoman, formerly claiming advantages and playing electric guitar in a punk musical organization.

She actually is additionally for a drone target list used because of the US and Britain.

The Dawood sisters

Khadija, 30, Zohra, 33, and Sugra, 34, left Bradford summer that is last their nine kids to participate Isis.

After making a pilgrimage to Medina in Saudi Arabia they boarded a trip to Istanbul and crossed into Syria rather than using their scheduled journey house.

The siblings had been reported become joining their sibling Ahmed Dawood, who had previously been fighting with Isis for longer than a when they left year.

These were avoided from travelling from the UK months earlier in the day after being questioned and stopped wanting to board a trip from Manchester to Jeddah in March 2015.

Their five girls and four men had been aged between three and 15 when they left.