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Husbands appeal to 'Syria' family Missing Bradford family: Fathers appeal over 'Syria' family
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Husbands of women feared to have travelled from UK to Syria with their children say they "miss and love" them The husbands of three UK sisters feared to have travelled to Syria with their nine children said they "miss and love" them as they appealed for their return.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood, from Bradford, and their children aged three to 15 have not made contact for a week.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Their brother is understood to be fighting with extremists in Syria.
Akhtar Iqbal made an emotional appeal to wife Sugra during the news conference, saying: "I'm shaking and I miss you. It's been too many days."
Speaking directly to his 15-year-old son Junaid, he said: "If you watch this video, please ring me, please contact me. I love you, all of you."
He added: "Please, please come back home so we can live a normal life."
Mohammed Shoaib, the husband of Khadija Dawood, was in tears as he pleaded for his wife of 11 years to return, saying: "The kids cannot live without me. They miss me so much.
"The last time [we spoke], my daughter Maryam said 'Daddy, I cried last night, I cry all night for you'. And my son said: 'I miss you so much'."
He reassured his family: "I'm not angry, everything is fine."
Missing children
Missing mothers
The group went missing following a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The fathers last spoke to their children on 8 June, when they were in the Saudi city of Medina.
The sisters are understood to have bought tickets for a flight on 9 June to Istanbul in Turkey, a commonly-used route into Syria.
Assistant Chief Constable Russ Foster of West Yorkshire Police said: "We are extremely concerned for the safety of the family and would urge anyone with information to come forward and speak to us.
"Our priority is for their safe return; their families are gravely worried about them and want them home. One of our primary concerns is the safety and welfare of the young children."
North East Counter Terrorism Unit is leading the investigation into the missing family.