UK assures not to judge 3 teen girls joined ISIL in Syria

International (IraqiNews.com) OFFICERS BELIEVE THE three London schoolgirls who fled their homes to join Islamic State militants have crossed the Turkish border into Syria.

Officers leading the investigation said they “have reason to believe that they are no longer in Turkey and have crossed into Syria”.

Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 17, and Amira Abase left their London homes on Tuesday.

They all left before 8am that morning – after providing their families with plausible reasons as to why they would be out for the day. Instead they met and travelled to Gatwick airport.

They boarded a Turkish Airlines flight, TK1966, which departed at 12:40 to Istanbul, Turkey and landed at 18:40 local time.