British Schoolgirls Who Travelled To Marry Militants In Syria Are Said To Be On The Run After Escaping From ISIS

The three British schoolgirls, Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana all pupils of Bethnal Green Academy, who flew to Turkey together, before crossing the border into war-torn Syria earlier last year are said to have escaped from the clutches of ISIS and are now on the run in Iraq.

The girls, thought to be 16, are said to have gone on the run from the extremists, sparking a frantic bid to track them down by the brutal militants, a source within the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul revealed.

The exact identity of the girls and their fate is not known, but their reported ages match those of the three friends from east London, who ran away to join ISIS in February.

It is understood they were following Sharmeena Begum, another friend who travelled there in December.

Mosul Eye, a blogger in Iraq, revealed the girls had fled on May 2 through his Facebook page - set up 'to communicate what's happening in Mosul to the rest of the world, minute by minute from an independent historian inside Mosul'.

He stated on his facebook page, 'Three girls, (Foreigners - British) married to ISIL militants, reported missing, and ISIL announced to all its check points to search for them. It is believed that those girls have escaped,' he wrote. 

The blogger, who opposes ISIS and remains anonymous, has written in detail in both English and Arabic about the inner-workings of the group, their execution of civilians and casualties they suffer from coalition air-strikes. 

In a later post he added: 'The latest info I got on them is they are still on the run, but still in Mosul, and ISIL is thoroughly searching for them and hasn't captured them yet.

'They are Brits, not immigrants, and they are very young teens (around 16 years old). That's all I have about them for now.' 

At this time, Mosul Eye appears to be the only source reporting the girls' flight. 

The Foreign Office said they are investigating who the trio might be, however.  The Home secretary Theresa May declined to say whether the trio would be allowed back into the UK if they managed to return.