This British family of 8 disappeared into ISIS territory in October 2015 and have never been found
In October 2015, the Ameen family of eight from Bradford, England, traveled to Turkey and are believed to have crossed into ISIS-held territory in Syria, where they disappeared. The family, which included five children, had no criminal record and was not on any watchlists prior to their departure. Despite police appeals and investigations, there have been no confirmed sightings or credible reports of the family since their disappearance.
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This British family of 8 disappeared into ISIS territory in October 2015 and have never been found Ellsworth Toohey 3:22 pm Wed Apr 29, 2026 Damascus, Syria (Sherkeen Alou / Shutterstock.com) A week before Farzana Ameen disappeared from Bradford, England in October 2015, she flew to Pakistan, left her bedridden mother with relatives there, and came back. Then she boarded a one-way flight to Turkey with her husband Imran and their five children, including five-year-old Mohammed, and was never seen again. The Ameens are believed to have crossed into Syria, where authorities suspected they joined ISIS, which had declared a caliphate the year before. Imran's brother Rehan, 30, had made the trip four months earlier. None of the eight have ever returned.
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