TWO families from Bradford are still missing, months after it was feared they had headed to Syria.

The family of Bradford sisters Khadija Dawood, 31, Sugra Dawood, 35, and Zohra Dawood, 34, along with their nine children, aged between four and 16, who went missing in June last year, are still feared to have travelled to link up with terror group Islamic State.

Meanwhile, seven members of a second family, from West Bowling, are still missing, investigators have confirmed.

Imran Ameen, 39, his wife Farzana Ameen, 40, and their five children – Isma Imran, 15, Moeen Imran, 14, Mohammed Muneeb Imran, 11, Ismail Imran, eight, and Mohamed Imran, five, all went missing in October.

The Dawood sisters and their children were due back in the UK on Thursday, June 11, last year, on a flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after they had attended a pilgrimage.

It is believed that ten members of the Dawood family travelled to Istanbul on a flight on June 9 last year.

The group split into two groups to cross into Syria from Turkey, an Islamic State smuggler later claimed.

Their families in Little Horton have not heard anything of their whereabouts and are working closely with police.

Imran Ameen and his family members, last seen on October 5 last year, bought a one-way ticket to Turkey.

They are believed to have travelled from Manchester Airport on October 6, to Antalya in Turkey, but their current whereabouts are unknown.

The North East Terrorism Unit, based in Leeds, is leading the investigation on both cases and said its inquiries were ongoing.

West Yorkshire Police officers have worked with authorities in Turkey during the investigation.

Balaal Hussain Khan, a lawyer acting for the fathers of the missing children of the Dawood family, confirmed the family members were still missing.

He said: “It’s a substantial amount of time that they have been gone.

“They are still hoping that they can all be reunited. It is over a year ago now.

“The hope is they can still be found.”