Family members frantic as daughters reveal they moved children to Syria to join the jihad movement

Worried for grandchildren's wellbeing

Three sisters are feared to have ran away to the city of Raqqa in Syria, joining their brother, who is now a jihadist. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood were criticized and condemned by their own parents for the alleged possible allegiance with the extremist group, even taking their children with them. Experts have provided warnings on how life for children basically does not exist in the war zone, prompting the sisters' family to react and worry for their grandchildren's well-being.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - "The parents and family members are devastated. This has caused great distress to the family and has also stopped us from living a normal life in the UK since this incident. We do not support the actions of the sisters leaving their husbands and families in the UK and of taking their children into a war zone where life is not safe to join any group," said Mohammed Ali Dawood and Sara Begum, parents of the sisters, during a statement cited in The Daily Mail.   

After a family trip to Saudi Arabia, the three women, together with the nine children, were reportedly missing but then traced in Istanbul, the common route to Syria from the West. According to police, one of the missing women contacted their family, suggesting that she and possibly the others had already crossed the Syrian border.

Although the information is yet to be verified, they said that it is likely they are already in the war zone.

Worries poured as experts have described the dangers the grandchildren will face at the hands of ISIS, with reports circulating that young boys are currently being trained as jihadists.

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