British police officials confirmed that the three missing British teenagers, who allegedly boarded a plane from Britain to Turkey to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, have already crossed Syria.

According to reports, the three girls went to Syria three to five days ago and that they already entered Syria and are no longer in Turkey.

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The girls, identified as 15-year-old Shamima Begum, 15-year-old Amira Abases and 16-year-old Kadiza Sultana, travelled to Istanbul on February 17, telling their parents they were just going out for the day but never came back to their own houses.

The Metropolitan Police also said that policemen are working closely with authorities from Turkey in order to work faster on the investigation but there was no clear information as to what these officials would do to get the girls to return home safely.

Sources near the border, where the three girls were reportedly spotted, got to the area with the aid of people smugglers.

The officials working on the case also pointed out that these schoolgirls will already be out of reach once they get to their destination.

According to Ross Frenett of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the motive of the girls into joining the ISIS militants remain unclear.

He pointed out that these girls could end up marrying ISIS militants once they get to Syria and that they will be settling for a domestic life.

However, settling is no longer a plan that works for the ISIS as one of their long-term goals because the militants are losing more and more ground and territories due to the continuous attacks by the the United States-led coalition.

The three girls studied at the Bethnal Green Academy in eastern London before they disappeared and were described as straight-A students.

It remains unclear how they were talked into travelling to Syria or who were they communicating with but an angle being looked at is the participation of another girl from the said school, who also traveled to Syria last December.

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