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| Bradford families 'crossed into Syria' | Bradford families 'crossed into Syria' |
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| Three Bradford sisters and nine children missing from the UK have crossed the border into Syria, a smuggler has told the BBC. | |
| An Islamic State smuggler in charge of some of the group's border operations said the family were split into two groups to cross into Syria. | An Islamic State smuggler in charge of some of the group's border operations said the family were split into two groups to cross into Syria. |
| He said the first group went early on Wednesday and the second on Thursday. | He said the first group went early on Wednesday and the second on Thursday. |
| Sisters Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their nine children disappeared after travelling to Saudi Arabia. | Sisters Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their nine children disappeared after travelling to Saudi Arabia. |
| On Tuesday, the husbands of the women made an emotional appeal pleading for them to return. | |
| BBC correspondent Paul Wood, who is on the Turkish-Syrian border, said he had spoken to the smuggler who confirmed the crossing. | |
| He said: "If what he says is true, it clears up the main ambiguity of this story - whether the sisters were really heading for the so-called Islamic State, or some other part of Syria, controlled by some other armed group." | |
| He said the information also fits with the news that one of the sisters, Zohra, sent a message to her family that she was inside Syria - but she did not say exactly where. |