Yusuf Shikder was four years old when he was taken from Hollywood, Florida, on March 15, 2015, along with his 10-month-old sister Zahra. Their mother, Rashida Sumaiya Shikder, removed the children without the father’s knowledge while he was on pilgrimage in Mecca. After several days of silence he learned from his in-laws that his wife and children were gone.

FBI investigations say Rashida flew with Yusuf and Zahra to Turkey and then crossed into Syria to join ISIS. About a month after their disappearance a man with a British accent called the father from Syria, claiming the family was in the Islamic State and pressuring him to join them. Over the following years the father had intermittent contact; Rashida reportedly said she wanted to leave but that her passport had been taken. By March 2018 the children were believed to be in Sha'afa, Syria. In 2019 the father was told Rashida was killed in a bombing raid in Baghuz and that the children had been injured; after her death it is believed the children may have been taken by an ISIS affiliate and possibly moved to Iraq.

The U.S. State Department has offered up to $5 million for information leading to the recovery and return of Yusuf and Zahra. Does anyone have information about the children’s whereabouts during their time in Syria or Iraq?